Lucius Verus was recognized as an heir to power from the age of six, alongside Marcus Aurelius, who was ten years his elder. Initially, Verus was betrothed to Antoninus’s daughter Faustina ...

A revolt in the East, led by Avidius Cassius who previously fought alongside Lucius Verus against the Parthians, failed. Marcus Aurelius' work Meditations, written in Greek while on campaign ...