ANTONINUS PIUS

(Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus)pīˈəs, a.d. 86–a.d. 161, Roman emperor (138–161). After a term as consul (120) he went as proconsul to Asia, where he governed with distinction. He was adopted by the emperor Hadrian and, on succeeding him, administered the empire with marked ability and integrity. Italy was embellished with fine buildings, and the provinces were eased of much of their financial burden. During his reign the Wall of Antoninus was built in Britain. His wife was Faustina, aunt of his successor, Marcus Aurelius.

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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Book by Paul Barron Watson; Harper & Brothers, 1884
Subjects: Marcus Aurelius--Emperor Of Rome--121-180
...Their Policy.--Popularity of Antoninus Pius. --His Private Life.--Marcus...140. On one side, the head of Antoninus Pius, with the in scription: ANTONINVS...Capit., Ant. Pi. , c. 1: Ipse Antoninus Pius natus est XIII. kal. Octobres...
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The Roman Government of Britain
Book by Anthony R. Birley; Oxford University Press, 2005
Subjects: Great Britain--History--Roman Period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D, Great Britain--Politics And Government--To 1485, Romans--Great Britain--Politics And Government
...13-23) 100 I 5 Governors from Antoninus Pius to Commodus, 138-92 (Gov 24...Nerroa to Hadrian (1936); iv. Antoninus Pius to Commodus (1940); v. Pertinax...Vespasian to Hadrian (ig26); iii. Antoninus Pius to Commodus (ig3o); iv/i. Pertinax...
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A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church: Second Series - Vol. 1
Book by Philip Schaff, Henry Wace; Christian Literature Co., 1890
Subjects: Christian Literature, Early
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Rome: An Oxford Archaeological Guide
Book by Amanda Claridge, Judith Toms, Tony Cubberley; Oxford University Press, 1998
Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology)--Italy--Rome--Guidebooks, Rome (Italy)--Antiquities--Guidebooks
...Temple of Divus Antoninus Pius and Diva Faustina 107...his successor the 52-yearold Antoninus Pius , born T. Aurelius Arrius Antoninus...had already been adopted by Antoninus Pius as his successor on Hadrians...
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City Government in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor
Book by Sviatoslav Dmitriev; Oxford University Press, 2005
Subjects: Cities And Towns, Ancient--Greece, Cities And Towns, Ancient--Rome, Municipal Government--Greece--History, Municipal Government--Rome--History
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A Woman of Rome: the Matron in Justin, 2 Apology 2.1-9
Journal article by Robert M. Grant; Church History, Vol. 54, 1985
Subjects: Church History
...frequent just in the reign of Antoninus Pius. 36 What she wanted first...whose wife Faustina (daughter of Antoninus Pius) was said to cohabit with sailors...38 S.H.A. M. Antoninus , 19.8-9. 39 Among many...
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The Roman Empire as Known to Han China
Journal article by Edwin G. Pulleyblank; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 119, 1999
Subjects: China--History, Historical linguistics--Analysis, Rome (Ancient)--History
...in 166 C.E. Since the name Andun can be plausibly identified either with the emperor Antoninus Pius (reg. 138-161) or his successor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (reg. 161-180), this provides at least one firm link to Rome itself. There is not much...
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The Acts of the Apostles, Greek Cities, and Hadrian's Panhellenion
Journal article by Laura Nasrallah; Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 127, 2008
Subjects: Christianity, Cultural identity, Geography, Political alliances, Religion, Theology
...vast range of cities.44 Surviving inscriptions suggest that Athens thrived especially under him and his successor, Antoninus Pius.45 The scale of the Panhellenion is surprising. While it was formerly thought that the Panhellenion may have met...
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The Killer Within: Christianity and the Invention of Murder in the Roman World
Journal article by Sarah Currie; Differences, Vol. 8, 1996
Subjects: Feminism, Feminist Criticism, Women, Women--United States
...slaughter by their masters by a Petronian law in the first century CE, confirmed in the second century by the emperor Antoninus Pius. Yet one of the effects of the law was to strengthen the rights of the master to chastise physically his slaves...
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As Excrement to Sacrament: the Dissimulated Pagan Idol of Ste-marie D'oloron
Journal article by Peter Scott Brown; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 87, 2005
Subjects: Art history, Christianity, Church buildings, Middle Ages, Paganism & animism, Religion
...between Spain and France, the Somport pass. The city is mentioned in the third-century Itinerary of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius and a fifth-century gazetteer of the Roman provinces, Notitia provindarum, and references to it become increasingly...
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'Gladiator Emperor' Found
Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 58, November 2008
Subjects: Aurelius, Marcus--Portrayals, Emperors--Portrayals, Roman antiquities--Discovery and exploration, Statues--Discovery and exploration
...University of Leuven in Belgium, found a statue of the emperor Hadrian. They think that the room, or frigidarium, contained a gallery of Antonine emperors and their spouses. Earlier a statue of the empress Faustina, wife of Antoninus Pius, was uncovered.
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Israel Now : The Author, a Former Resident of Israel, Finds That Raw Power and Economic Forces Are Redrawing the Map of the Middle East, and Peace Talks Will Merely Formalize the Emerging Reality
Magazine article by Robert D. Kaplan; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 285, January 2000
Subjects: Israel--Political aspects, Israeli Americans--Personal narratives
...Jerusalem, Rabbi Yehudah was a diplomat. According to the Talmud, he was a friend of one of the Antonine Emperors (either Antoninus Pius or Marcus Aurelius), with whom he discussed philosophy. Acquiescence to the rule of the great powers paid dividends...
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Israel Now: The Author, a Former Resident of Israel, Finds That Raw Power and Economic Forces Are Redrawing the Map of the Middle East, and Peace Talks Will Merely Formalize the Emerging Reality
Magazine article by Robert D. Kaplan; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 285, January 2000
Subjects: Israel--Political aspects, Middle East--Politics and government
...Jerusalem, Rabbi Yehudah was a diplomat. According to the Talmud, he was a friend of one of the Antonine Emperors (either Antoninus Pius or Marcus Aurelius), with whom he discussed philosophy. Acquiescence to the rule of the great powers paid dividends...
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Hadrian's Wallsend
Magazine article by Russell Chamberlin; History Today, Vol. 50, August 2000
Subjects: Archaeological expeditions--England, Architecture, Roman--England, Segedunum, England--Discovery, exploration, etc.
...control with people passing through it under surveillance. Within a few months of Hadrians death in 138 his successor, Antoninus Pius, did push that frontier nearly a hundred miles further north to create his turf-built wall across Scotland but twenty...
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The Griffin
Magazine article by Rachel Hajar; World and I, Vol. 13, December 1998
Subjects: Animals, Mythical--Portrayals, Middle East--History, Middle Eastern history, Monsters--History, Mythical animals--Portrayals, Mythology--History
...Roman Empire adopted this myth to express its own role in the administration of universal justice. The Roman emperor Antoninus Pius had coins struck showing one of Nemesis griffins with her wheel beneath its paw. Hybrid creatures mark the border...
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An Inspiration for Britannia
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), February 2, 2008
...which they called Britanniae, and was first seen on a brass coin, the sestertius or sesterce, of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius (138-161). Revived by Charles II, who had more than a soft spot for her, Britannia as we know her today made her first...
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Britannia's Last Stand; CHRISTOPHER PROUDLOVE ON HOW ALMOST 2,000 YEARS OF HISTORY WILL COME TO A CLOSE WHEN THE ROYAL MINT REDESIGN THE 50P COIN
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), February 2, 2008
...which they called Britanniae, and was first seen on a brass coin, the sestertius or sesterce, of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius (138-161). Revived by Charles II, who had more than a soft spot for her, Britannia as we know her today made her first...
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Antonine Wall Is Named as World Heritage Site
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), July 9, 2008
Subjects: Historic sites
...renaissance to museums and Roman sites in the area. The wall, which was completed in 142 AD, takes its name from Emperor Antoninus Pius. He ordered its construction in a bid to halt the advance of Caledonian tribes into southern Scotland, then under...
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Hot Seats
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), February 2, 2008
...which they called Britanniae, and was first seen on a brass coin, the sestertius or sesterce, of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius (138-161). Revived by Charles II, who had more than a soft spot for her, Britannia as we know her today made her first...
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Why Banish Our Own Britannia from Her Realm?
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), April 7, 2008
Subjects: Money
...first appeared on coins in Roman times, with her first appearance on a bronze sestertius struck in Rome for Emperor Antoninus Pius, who ruled from AD138-161. She was the goddess who personified the British Isles and also appeared on coins during...
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encyclopedia articles on: Antoninus Pius  - 9 results

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Antoninus Pius
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ANTONINUS PIUS (Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus)antoni n s pi s, a.d. 86 a.d. 161, Roman emperor (138...their financial burden. During his reign the Wall of Antoninus was built in Britain. His wife was Faustina, aunt of...
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Antoninus, Wall Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Firth of Forth to the Firth of Clyde. It was built by the Roman governor Lollius Urbicus in the reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius probably in a.d. 140 42. Intended as a defense against the peoples to the north, it was built out of turf, with a...
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Fronto
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Roman teacher and rhetorician, b. Numidia, Africa. Antoninus Pius made him consul in 143. A successful teacher and government...Library) with Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Verus, Emperor Antoninus Pius, and others, is invaluable for insights into imperial...
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Faustina
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...emperors. 1 The elder (c.104 141) was the wife of Antoninus Pius , who founded a school for orphan girls in her honor. 2 The younger (c.125 176), daughter of Antoninus Pius and the elder Faustina, was the wife of Marcus Aurelius...
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Marcus Aurelius
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...was a nephew of Faustina, the wife of Antoninus Pius , who adopted him. Marcus married Antoninus daughter, another Faustina. From youth he...Lucius Verus, as colleague, Marcus succeeded Antoninus in 161. Verus allowed him to dominate, and...
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