Lucius Verus

Whatever misgivings the Roman people may have felt as to the leadership of the younger was unexpectedly set at rest, though with some temporary regret for the loss of what had been, after all, a popular figure on the world stage.

Traveling fraternally in the same litter with Aurelius, Lucius Verus was struck with a sudden and mysterious disease, and died as he hastened back to Rome.

His death awoke a swarm of sinister rumors to settle on Lucilla, jealous, it was said, of Fabia her sister, perhaps of Faustina.

On Faustina herself, who had accompanied the imperial progress, and was anxious now to hide a crime of her own, even on the elder brother, who beforehand with the treasonable designs of his colleagues should have helped him at supper to a favorite morsel, cut with a knife poisoned ingeniously on one side only.

Whatever misgivings the Roman people may have felt as to the leadership of the younger was unexpectedly set at rest, though with some temporary regret for the loss of what had been, after all, a popular figure on the world stage.

Travelling fraternally in the same litter with Aurelius, Lucius Verus was struck with a sudden and mysterious disease, and died as he hastened back to Rome.

his death awoke a swarm of sinister rumors to settle on Lucilla, jealous, it was said, of Fabia her sister, perhaps of Faustina.

On Faustina herself, who had accompanied the imperial progress, and was anxious now to hide a crime of her own, even on the elder brother, who beforehand, with the treasonable designs of his colleagues, should have helped him at supper to a favorite morsel, cut with a knife poisoned ingeniously on one side only.

It was his intention to devote his time to the study of natural history, and for this purpose he visited Cyprus, Palestine, and Lemnos.

While at the last named place, however, he was suddenly summoned to Aquileia to meet the emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus.

He travelled through Thrace and Macedonia on foot, met the imperial personages, and prepared for them a medicine, for which he seems to have been famous, and which is spoken of as the Theriac.

It was probably some combination of opium with various aromatics and stimulants, for antidotes of many different kinds were habitually taken by the Romans to preserve them from the ill effects of poison and the bites of the venomous animals.

and the imperial brothers set forth for the alps Whatever misgivings the Roman people may have felt as to the leadership of the younger was unexpectedly set at rest, though with some temporary regret for the loss of what had been, after all, a popular figure on the world stage.

Travelling fraternally in the same litter with Aurelius, Lucius Verus was struck with a sudden and mysterious disease, and died as he hastened back to Rome.

his death awoke a swarm of sinister rumours to settle on Lucilla, jealous, it was said, of Fabia her sister, perhaps of Faustina, on Faustina herself who had accompanied the imperial progress, and was anxious now to hide a crime of her own even on the elder brother, who beforehand with the treasonable designs of his colleagues should have helped him at supper to a favourite morsel cut with a knife poisoned ingeniously on one side only.

Aurelius certainly, with sincere distress, his long irritation so dutifully concealed or repressed, turned now into a single feeling of regret for the human creature, carried the

The Sepher Ha Zohar presumably was written by Simeon ben Jochai, a disciple of Akiba.

Rabbi Simeon was sentenced to death about AD 161 by Lucius Verus, co-regent of the Emperor Mark Aurelius Antoninus.

He escaped with his son and hiding in a cave, transcribed the manuscript of the Zohar with the assistance of Elias, who appeared to them at intervals.

Simeon was twelve years in the cave, during which time he evolved the complicated symbolism of the Greater Face and the Lesser Face.

You know, but he's young and he, you know, Marcus had his friends to advise Commodus and try to help him with his upbringing after Marcus was gone.

Uh, you know, he's a little bit too into, you know, the gladiatorial displays like Lucius Verus was.

He was not-

And don't you-

Antoninus himself must adopt two young men as his own successors.

One of them was Lucius Verus.

energetic and pleasure-loving.

The other was Marcus Aurelius, 17 years old, bookish and principled, and not, by any ordinary measure, what an empire might expect of its next commander-in-chief.

He managed it all, methodically, calmly.

Brilliantly, he chose strong generals and trusted them.

He worked alongside Lucius Verus, his co-emperor, with a grace and generosity that surprised those who expected rivalry.

He listened to advisors, reformed laws, protected the poor in his courts with unusual seriousness.

And so Sir Griflet rode to the court, where, by aid of good physicians, he was healed in time, and his life saved.

At that same time there came before the king twelve old men, ambassadors from Lucius Tiberius, emperor of Rome, and demanded of Arthur tribute unto Caesar for his realm, or else, said they, the emperor would destroy both him and his land.

To whom King Arthur answered that he owed the emperor no tribute, nor would send him any, but, said he, On a fair field I will pay him his proper tribute, with a sharp spear and sword, and by my father's soul that tribute shall he take from me, whether he will or not.

So the ambassadors departed passing wrath, and King Arthur was as wrath as they.

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Arthur is crowned emperor at Rome.

And now again the second time there came ambassadors from Lucius Tiberius, emperor of Rome, demanding, under pain of war, tribute and homage from King Arthur and the restoration of all Gaul, which he had conquered from the tribune Flallo.

When they had delivered their message, the king bade them withdraw while he consulted with his knights and barons what reply to send.

Whatever misgivings the Roman people may have felt as to the leadership of the younger was unexpectedly set at rest, though with some temporary regret for the loss of what had been, after all, a popular figure on the world stage.

Traveling fraternally in the same litter with Aurelius, Lucius Verus was struck with a sudden and mysterious disease, and died as he hastened back to Rome.

His death awoke a swarm of sinister rumors to settle on Lucilla, jealous, it was said, of Fabia her sister, perhaps of Faustina.

On Faustina herself, who had accompanied the imperial progress, and was anxious now to hide a crime of her own, even on the elder brother, who beforehand with the treasonable designs of his colleagues should have helped him at supper to a favorite morsel, cut with a knife poisoned ingeniously on one side only.

Inside the empire, he faced catastrophic plagues imported from the east.

One of them was so severe it actually killed his co-emperor, Lucius Verus.

Wow.

And there were massive famines that threatened to tear Rome apart from the inside.