AELIUS
Caesar under Hadrian
Reigned: 136-138
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LVCIVS AELIVS
CAESAR, born about 104 into an old Etruscan family, at birth was given
the name of his grandfather and father, Lucius Ceionius Commodus. He married
Domitia Lucilla sometime before 130 and had at least three children, including
Lucius Verus. He was intelligent, but given over to pleasure. He was a
consul in 136 when he was adopted by Hadrian in a surprise move on August
10. He was given tribunicial power and a second consulship in 137 and
sent to govern Pannonia with proconsular powers. He returned to Rome late
in 137 because of ill health and died in his sleep on January 1, 138.
(From MONETA, available from www.numus.com) |
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