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Definition of Antoninus

1. Noun. 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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Literary usage of Antoninus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A history of the Romans under the empire by Charles Merivale (1865)
"Early career of the emperor Antoninus Pius.—Attitude of the Barbarians.—The wall of Antoninus in Britain.—His paternal government at home. ..."

2. The Student's Roman Empire: A History of the Roman Empire from Its by John Bagnell Bury (1893)
"Family nnJ career of Antoninus. Marriage of the younger Faustina and Marcus ... Characteristics of Antoninus ns a statesman. Reaction against Hadrian. ..."

3. A General History of Rome from the Foundation of the City to the Fall of by Charles Merivale (1886)
"The name of Antoninus long held in honor, and the age of the Antonines ... Philosophy of Antoninus Pius.—Infidelities of his wife Faustina disregarded. ..."

4. A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and by William Tooke, William Beloe, Robert Nares (1798)
"The fame day he took upon him the name of Antoninus, which he gave ... It is faid, that foon after Antoninus had performed the ..."

5. The Ancient World from the Earliest Times to 800 A.D. by Willis Mason West (1904)
"Antoninus Pius, 138-161 AD, who had been adopted by Hadrian, was his successor. His reign was singularly peaceful and uneventful, and might well have given ..."

6. Lectures on the History of Rome: From the Earliest Times to the Fall of the by Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1849)
"Hadrian was succeeded in AD 138, by T. Antoninus Pius, whom he would not have adopted, if M. Aurelius Antoninus had been at a more advanced age; ..."

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