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Lucius Verus, Roman Emperor (130 - 169)

Roman co-emperor with Marcus Aurelius (161-169). Full name : Lucius Ceionius Commodus(from birth to adoption); Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus (from adoption to accession); Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus (as emperor). Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413-e-6748?rskey=lg3nxp&result=1&q=lucius%20verus Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Verus Relationships: Lucius Verus was a son of Lucius Aelius (101-138)
Lucius Verus was a member of Antonines (-)
Lucius Verus was a husband of Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla (07 Mar 150-182)
Lucius Verus was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Marcus Aurelius (26 Apr 121-17 Mar 180)

Antoninus Pius (19 Sep 86-07 Mar 161) was a relative of Lucius Verus
References in Documents:
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Lucius Verus. Figure with a globe in the right hand and a cornucopia in the left.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) 764 Lucilla (ut puto) Aug. – L. Aurel. Veri, uxor. Ær Lucilla (it seems), wife of Verus.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Lucius Verus.
18th-c coin catalogue (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16d) Head of Lucilla the Wife of Ælius.
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 14 Coins of Faustina 1, M. Aurelius 3, Faustina jun. 1, Verus 1, Lucilla 1, Commodus 5, Crispina 1, vide N° 389., 403., 406., 413., 422, 423., 439., 442, 444, 445, 446., 449, 450, and 457 14
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 105 Augustus, Tiberius, Vitellius, Vespasian, Titus, Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Ælius, Antonius, Faustina, Verus, Caracalla, and Julia Pia 25
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 106 Vespasian, Titus, Domitian, Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus, Faustina, Aurelius, Verus, Caracalla, Geta, S. Severus, and Julia Domna 26
Musaeum Tradescantianum (1656) L. Aurel: Verus. 1.
Musaeum Tradescantianum (1656) L. Aurelius Verus.