CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
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| 140. | Death of Faustina the elder, wife of Pius. Marcus, consul. | |
| 142. | Probable date of trial of Herodes. | |
| 143. | Herodes consul of the year: Fronto cons. suff. for July and Aug. Makes his speech of thanks on Aug. 13. | |
| 145. | Marcus and Faustina married. Marcus consul II. Becomes Magister Fratrum Arvalium. Verus assumes the toga virilis. | |
| 145 | or 146. | Birth of Annia Galeria (Aurelia) Faustina, daughter of Marcus. |
| 146. | Marcus discards rhetoric for philosophy. | |
| 147. | Trib. pot. (from Dec. 10, 146) granted to Marcus. Marcus made Pontifex. Verus made Caesar. Faustina made Augusta. Birth and death of Titus Aelius Antoninus, son of Marcus. | |
| 148. | Birth of Annia Lucilla, daughter of Marcus. Vota decennalia of Pius. Nine hundredth anniversary of the foundation of Rome. | |
| Circa | 150. | Annia Fadilla, daughter of Marcus, born. |
| Circa | 152. | Tit. Aurelius Antoninus and Tit. Aelius Aurelius, born: both died before 161. |
| 153. | Lucius Verus made quaestor. | |
| 154. | Lucius Verus consul. Fronto elected proconsul of Asia, but obliged to give up the appointment owing to ill-health. | |
| Circa | 155. | Birth of Domitia Faustina, who died before 161. |
| Circa | 159. | Cornificia, daughter of Marcus, born. |
| 160. | Fronto's daughter Gratia married Viotorinus. | |
| 161, | 7 March. Death of Pius, at Lorium, aged 74. Marcus succeeds as M. Aurelius Antoninus, and at once associates Lucius Aurelius Verus with himself in accordance with Hadrian's stipulation. Both consuls for this year. Avidius Cassius cons. suff. 31 Aug. Birth of twins, L. Aurelius Commodus and Antoninus Geminus. Destruction of a Roman force under Severianus Maximus by the Parthians at Elegeia. | |
| 162. | Victorinus appointed Governor of Germany. Lucius sets out for the Parthian war, falls ill on the way at Canusium. |
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