He had the head of Syrian governor Avidius Cassius sent to him and it is debatable as to whether or not his wife had a hand in it.
He had the head of Syrian governor Avidius Cassius sent to him and it is debatable as to whether or not his wife had a hand in it. He would later drive out a Parthian force attempting to invade Syria and, during an expedition across the Danube led by this ruler, the Germans invaded and laid siege to Aquileia. In 147 he was granted the tribunicia potestas. Married to the legendary beauty Faustina, he declared his brother Lucius Verus co-emperor. His name was changed after his adoption by Antoninus Piu and he would be succeeded by his son, Commodus. For 10 points, identify this component of the "Five Good Emperors."
He had the head of Syrian governor Avidius Cassius sent to him and it is debatable as to whether or not his wife had a hand in it.
Caesar {Marcus Aurelius} Antoninus Augustus [accept Marcus {Annius Verus}]