AR105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Arkansas Highway 105, Antoninus Pius, Miseno
22 Feb 2016
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Vesuvius in ad 79 written to historian tacitus. 6. 16 concerning death of his uncle, pliny the elder (commander of fleet at misenum) at stabiae. 6. 20 about pliny the younger"s own experience of eruption with his mother at misenum. New city in egypt in honour of his friend who drowned in the nile = 126 pantheon (temple dedicated to all gods) rebuilt in rom: estate at tivoli -> villa. Roman law a man must be considered innocent until proven guilty. Had to spend most of his reign battling wars vs. parthians and greece. Soldiers from east brought back a plague. Had a son and abandoned the process of adoption and moved to a more dynastic approach once again named commodus. Inherited none of his father"s good traits. Would appear as a gladiator, dressed up as hercules. Sought to be deified as a god while alive. Fell victim to an assassination plot and was strangled by a wrestling partner.
