Saturday, August 20, 2011

Murphysboro Centuries, 2nd secular


Antoninus Pius, 138-161 AD
- given name “Pius” because of his “religious and patriotic dutifulness”
- spent all his time in Italy, building it up - peaceful time, seen as the high point of a “golden era” in Roman history - adopted Marcus Aurelius

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