HIST 1061 Lecture 35: Last Imperial Dynasty
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Commodus, marcus, verus, and pius are all part of the antonine dynasty. Pius is the lesser known emperor in the era of good emperors because he hardly undertook military conquests. He takes the name pius because his 20 year rule was one of piety. Ro(cid:373)e"s (cid:271)ou(cid:374)da(cid:396)ies, he solely (cid:449)a(cid:374)ted to (cid:373)ai(cid:374)tai(cid:374) the (cid:272)u(cid:396)(cid:396)e(cid:374)t (cid:271)ou(cid:374)da(cid:396)ies. Pius (cid:449)as (cid:448)e(cid:396)y focused on continuing the dynasty. Pius then adopts two brothers: marcus and verus to be his successors. Pius built a second (cid:449)all ahead of had(cid:396)ia(cid:374)"s wall after a british attack called the antonine wall. The antonine wall is 45 miles long and much more narrow due to the landscape. Pius does not show his military conquests but he also had (cid:374)o(cid:374)e a(cid:374)y(cid:449)ay. O(cid:374) pius" (cid:272)oi(cid:374)age, he has a picture of himself holding the orb of zeus. Pius had a column built for himself called the column of pius.
