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Vor 3 Tagen · Emperor Antoninus Pius had several reasons for establishing this new northern frontier in Britain. Firstly, it allowed Rome to shorten its defensive line and concentrate its forces, rather than dispersing them across the whole of southern Scotland. The Clyde-Forth line was also a more natural boundary to defend, with relatively narrow land access, than Hadrian‘s Wall further south.
The temple was demolished by an earthquake towards the end of the reign of Antoninus Pius but was rebuilt and rededicated to Hadrian in 166 AD, as recounted by the orator Aelius Aristides, who notes its “extreme size”.
Vor 5 Tagen · The Imperial Coinage of the Early Antonines: Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius Caesar. Second Revised Edition. Since commencing this Antonine coinage project nearly ten year ago, I have learnt so much about Roman coinage, and its cataloguers. I have been frustrated by following some faulty sources, and have learnt the value of tracing the ...
Vor 6 Tagen · Im Jahr 143 hielt der griechische Rhetoriker Aelius Aristides am Hof des Antoninus Pius eine Rede, die auch einige Ausführungen über den Limes enthielt: Wohl wahr, ihr habt die Mauern nicht vernachlässigt, aber ihr habt sie um eurer gesamtes Reich herumgeführt, nicht nur um eure Stadt.
Vor 4 Tagen · "Florus" published on by Oxford University Press.
Vor einem Tag · He adopted Antoninus Pius as his successor. To ensure a smooth transition, Hadrian adopted Antoninus Pius, who would go on to rule successfully. He spent his final years in Baiae. Hadrian retired to Baiae, a coastal town known for its healing hot springs. He wrote his own epitaph.
Vor 5 Tagen · The first one on record, supposedly either from the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius or from his adopted son Marcus Aurelius, arrived in 166 AD. Others are recorded as arriving in 226 and 284 AD, followed by a long hiatus until the first recorded Byzantine embassy in 643 AD.
