Lucius Verus
Reece Period attributed: Period 8
Member of the The Antonines dynasty.
Coins for this issuer were issued from 161 until 169.
Lucius Ceionius Commodus was the adoptive second son of Antoninus Pius. He was born in AD 130, and Antoninus Pius favoured Marcus Aurelius to Lucius.
Marcus Aurelius elevated his adoptive brother to co-ruler upon the death of Antoninus Pius. Verus headed the Syrian campaign in the Parthian War; he spent much time with a courtesan and left the fighting to his generals.
Verus suffered a stroke in 168, while returning from an expedition to the Danube frontier with his brother. Marcus Aurelius buried his brother alongside their adoptive father in the Mausoleum of Hadrian.
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Wikipedia derived information
Lucius Verus, was Roman co-emperor with Marcus Aurelius, from 161 until his death..
Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Verus
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