Antoninus
Americannoun
noun
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When Antoninus died in 161, Marcus and Lucius became the Roman empire’s first-ever co-rulers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, better known by the nickname Elagabalus, reigned from 218 to 222 A.D. while still a teenager.
From Washington Times • Nov. 23, 2023
This detail of a carved marble column from the second century CE shows the apotheosis, or elevation to divine status, of the emperor Antoninus Pius and his wife Faustina.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
I ended my day at the Baths of Antoninus, one of the three largest Roman bath complexes ever built.
From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2019
That’s when smallpox finally reached Rome, as the Plague of Antoninus, which killed millions of Roman citizens between A.D.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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