Lucius Verus

joint Roman Emperor with Marcus Aurelius (161–169)

10 dated entries naming Lucius Verus, drawn from 9 separate years between 130 CE and 169 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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2nd century

  • 130December 15 – Lucius Verus, Roman emperor (d. 169)source
  • 138February 25 – Emperor Hadrian makes Antoninus Pius his successor, on condition that he adopt Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus.source
  • 161March 7 – Emperor Antoninus Pius dies, and is succeeded by Marcus Aurelius, who shares imperial power with Lucius Verus, although Marcus retains the title Pontifex Maximus.source
  • 162Lucius Verus begins a war with the Parthians, due to the invasion of Syria and Armenia by King Vologases IV of Parthia.source
  • 164Emperor Marcus Aurelius gives his daughter Lucilla in marriage to his co-emperor Lucius Verus.source
  • 166Emperor Marcus Aurelius appoints his sons Commodus and Marcus Annius Verus as co-rulers (Caesar), while he and Lucius Verus travel to Germany.source
  • 167Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus and Marcus Ummidius Quadratus Annianus become Roman Consuls.source
  • 168Emperor Marcus Aurelius and his adopted brother Lucius Verus leave Rome, and establish their headquarters at Aquileia.source
  • 169Marcus Aurelius becomes sole Roman Emperor upon the death of Lucius Verus.source
  • 169January 23 – Lucius Verus, Roman emperor (b. 130)source

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