Episode LXV - Antoninus Pius

Emperors of Rome

La Trobe University

Roman Emire, Rhiannon Evans, Biography, Emperor, La Trobe University, Roman History, Julius Caesar, Rome, Caesar, Ancient History, History, Caillan Davenport, Roman Emperors

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🗓️ 20 February 2017

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Antoninus became emperor in 138CE as part of a solid succession plan, keeping the empire safe until Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus came of age. No one expected him to be so successful, ruling over a peaceful and prosperous Rome for 22 years.

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0:00.0	Ah they and welcome to emperors of Rome a podcast about the rulers of the ancient Roman Empire.
0:11.0	I'm your host Matt Smith and with me as always is Dr.
0:14.9	Rianna Evans, a senior lecturer in ancient Mediterranean studies at Latrobe
0:19.4	University. This is episode LXV, Antoninus Pierce.
0:25.0	When Emperor Hadrian died in 138 CE, he left a solid succession plan in place.
0:31.0	The senator Antoninus would keep the seat warm
0:34.6	allowing Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus to come of age and take his place. Antoninus
0:41.2	exceeds all expectations and for the next 22 years he keeps the seed of power very warm indeed.
0:47.0	Here's Rianna Evans.
0:49.0	Antoninus Pierce was the emperor who followed the Emperor Hadrian. He became Emperor
0:54.7	in 138. He was Emperor over a fairly successful and peaceful time of the Roman Empire for 22 years.
1:05.0	A good chunk of a rain, what do we know about him then?
1:08.6	What written sources are we dealing with?
1:11.0	It's really sad.
1:11.8	We have almost nothing. That's so surprising. dealing with you're Tony St. Tonsidus, but we've still got quite a lot of sources around. But we only have the Augustin history for Antoninus Pierce, which as we've discussed before, is not our most reliable and possibly kind of sarcastic and ironic source in some ways.
1:35.0	But even then it's just so, it's so brief what...
1:38.0	It is short...
1:39.0	I will count pages 1 to 11 12. 11 and a half. I've got 11 and a half. It's a bit longer in my
1:44.9	lurb, but that's only because the Latin's in there too. And lurb is a bit of a
1:48.4	smaller book then, yeah and it's got note, footnotes. So my burly, yeah.
1:51.8	You know, yes, it's not long and I think that's because I don't want to put people off listening before
1:57.3	we start but it's a peaceful rain.
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