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Antoninus

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Antoninus [ˌæntəˈnaɪnəs]
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(Biographies) See Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
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Noun1.Antoninus - Emperor of RomeAntoninus - Emperor of Rome; nephew and son-in-law and adoptive son of Antonius Pius; Stoic philosopher; the decline of the Roman Empire began under Marcus Aurelius (121-180)


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It seems to me sufficient to take all those emperors who succeeded to the empire from Marcus the philosopher down to Maximinus; they were Marcus and his son Commodus, Pertinax, Julian, Severus and his son Antoninus Caracalla, Macrinus, Heliogabalus, Alexander, and Maximinus.
Antoninus be ascribed to Nero, or should the worst incidents of Nero's life be imputed to Antoninus, what would be more shocking to belief than either instance?
He became a Christian and wrote a defence of the Christians addressed to Antoninus Pius.
 
 
 
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