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Checklist of Ancient Roman EmperorsANTONINUS PIUS(Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus)Caesar A.D. 138Augustus A.D. 138-161Adopted by Hadrian, and in turn adopted his nephew MarcusAurelius to succeed him as emperor. He had a peaceful reign inwhich the economy flourished.FAUSTINA SR. (Annia Galeria Faustina)Augusta A.D. 138-140/1From a wealthy and noble Spanish family, Faustina Seniormarried Antoninus Pius about A.D. 110. Although they had fourchildren, only Faustina Jr. survived. Three years after Antoninusbecame emperor, Faustina Sr. died and was deified on a vastnumber of Imperial coins.MARCUS AURELIUS (Marcus Annius Verus)Caesar A.D. 139-161Augustus A.D. 161-180Continued Rome’s prosperity, but had border problems with thebarbarians. A careful, moral ruler whose writing survived andshowed that he should have been a philosopher instead ofemperor. As promised, he raised Lucius Verus to co-emperor.FAUSTINA JR. (Annia Galeria Faustina)Augusta A.D. 147-175/6Faustina became the first daughter of an emperor to marry anemperor, give birth to a future emperor, and die naturally.Ancient historians accuse her of numerous infidelities. Shetravelled extensively with her husband Marcus Aurelius, andearned the title Mater Castrorum (mother of the camps).LUCIUS VERUS (Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus)Augustus A.D. 161-169Lucius became “Colleague in the Principate” in A.D. 161. Hewas almost the opposite of Marcus Aurelius in character.He died in A.D. 169 while returning to Rome from battlesin Dacia.LUCILLA (Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla)Augusta A.D. 164-182/3The daughter of Marcus Aurelius, wed at 16 to co-emperor LuciusVerus. Widowed at 20, her father carefully selected a respected,older senator as her next husband. When her involvement in aplot to murder her brother and emperor Commodus wasexposed, she was exiled and put to death.18 How to Collect Ancient Roman Coins