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Accession of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus

The Senate confirms Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus as co-emperors, an unprecedented dual emperorship, amidst murmurs of skepticism and cautious optimism.

Year 161
Date 3/7
Location Curia Julia, Roman Forum, Rome
Layer 2
Visibility HIDDEN
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Key Figures

Marcus Aurelius Lucius Verus Senior Senator Junior Senator Senate Clerk Praetorian Guard
Time Travel

Causal neighbors · 1072 linked moments

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Death of Antoninus Pius
161 · contemporaneous
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161 · contemporaneous
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Accession of Marcus Aurelius
161 · contemporaneous
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Accession of Marcus Aurelius
161 · contemporaneous
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Accession of Lucius Verus
161 · contemporaneous
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Accession of Emperor Marcus Aurelius
161 · contemporaneous
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Death of Antoninus Pius
161 · contemporaneous
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Death of Antoninus Pius
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Accession of Marcus Aurelius as Roman Emperor
161 · contemporaneous
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Accession of Lucius Verus
161 · contemporaneous
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Accession of Marcus Aurelius as Emperor
161 · contemporaneous
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Accession of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus
161 · contemporaneous
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Death of Emperor Antoninus Pius
161 · contemporaneous
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Accession of Marcus Aurelius
161 · contemporaneous
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Accession of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus as co-emperors
161 · contemporaneous
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Death of Antoninus Pius
161 · contemporaneous
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Accession of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus
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Accession of Marcus Aurelius
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Death of Antoninus Pius
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Death of Antoninus Pius
Death of Antoninus Pius
161 · contemporaneous
Accession of Marcus Aurelius
Accession of Marcus Aurelius
161 · contemporaneous
Joint Accession of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus as Co-Emperors
Joint Accession of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus as Co-Emperors
161 · contemporaneous
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Accession of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus
161 · contemporaneous
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Death of Antoninus Pius
161 · contemporaneous
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Death of Antoninus Pius
161 · contemporaneous
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Death of Emperor Antoninus Pius
161 · contemporaneous
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Death of Antoninus Pius
161 · contemporaneous
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Death of Emperor Antoninus Pius
161 · contemporaneous
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Death of Emperor Antoninus Pius
161 · contemporaneous
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Death of Antoninus Pius
161 · contemporaneous
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Death of Antoninus Pius
161 · contemporaneous
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Accession of Marcus Aurelius as Emperor
161 · contemporaneous
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Death of Antoninus Pius
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Death of Antoninus Pius
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