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[...] The Senate gave Lucius Aelius the tribunician power and the name of Augustus. Lucius would change his name once again, becoming Imperator Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus. The son of Marcus Aurelius, the sole survivor, would be called Commodus. The situation in Rome is unprecedented, it is the very first time in its history that two emperors are at the head of the empire. Marcus Aurelius, by his political past, is the most experienced of the two, even the Roman people concede this willingly. [...]
[...] Lucius Verus is more than impatient to return to Rome and forces his adoptive brother to hurry back, which Marcus Aurelius will eventually accept. Death However, on the way back, Verus falls ill and dies of apoplexy, at Altinum in Venetia, in January 169, after 7 years and 10 months of joint rule with Marcus Aurelius, at 38 years old. Despite their few disagreements, Marcus Aurelius will be saddened by the loss of his brother. He will remain in power until 180. [...]
[...] In fact, the Parthian War begins, in 161, due to the invasion of Armenia, a client state of the empire, by Vologases V of Parthia, who decides to place in the place of the king he chases another character. After several rearrangements carried out by Marcus Aurelius, it is finally Lucius Verus who is in charge of fighting the Parthians during the winter of 161-162. In parallel, several threats appear in Britain, Rhaetia, and Upper Germany. Another rebellion is brewing in Syria, Lucius Verus, who is stronger and healthier than Marcus Aurelius, seems better disposed to lead any military activity. Lucius leaves Rome in 162, Marcus Aurelius accompanies him to Capua. [...]
[...] Lucius Verus takes a mistress, he considers her to be a goddess, she makes him shave his beard, the Syrians mock him as they do many other things. It is in Ephesus that Lucius marries Lucilla, Marcus Aurelius making the journey solely for this marriage. He may have perhaps only slightly appreciated the deception of his adopted brother. In 163, a new kingdom is formed by the Roman Empire, with a new king, a senator named king by the co-emperors of Rome. A new capital is also created in 164. But the Parthians, in 163, attack another client kingdom of the Roman Empire, the Osroene. [...]
[...] Lucius Aurelius Verus (130 - 169) Lucius Aurelius Verus, born Lucius Ceionius Commodus, was a Roman co-emperor from 8 March 161 to January 169 with Marcus Aurelius, who, upon his death, ruled alone. He was born in Rome, on 15 December 130. His father was Lucius Ceionius Commodus and his mother Avidia Plautia. His adoption by Antoninus Pius On 1 January 138, the father of Lucius Ceionius Commodus died. The Roman Emperor, Hadrian, chose Antoninus Pius as his heir and forced him to adopt the young Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Ceionius Commodus, who became at this occasion Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus. [...]
