Lucius Aelius Caesar

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Aelius Caesar

Lucius Aelius Caesar (* January 13, around 103, † January 1, 138 ), born as Lucius Ceionius Commodus , was adopted by Emperor Hadrian (76-138) as his successor, but died before him. Aelius Caesar was the father of the emperor Lucius Verus .

Life

Adoption and Parentage

Aelius was the son of Lucius Ceionius Commodus , who was consul 106, and came from the Ceionii family . He was, from the aging Hadrian, who had no son within the meaning of of Nerva justified Adoptivkaisertums adopted and determined heir to the throne, although he had no military experience, but civil embossed Senator was. After adoption in 136 he took the name Lucius Aelius Caesar .

Aelius had strong political connections. From 136 to 137 he was governor ( Legatus Augusti pro praetore ) of both Pannonia inferior and Pannonia superior ; in both years he was also the consulate. He was handsome but in poor health. His taste was luxurious and extravagant, his lifestyle is said to have been frivolous, like that of his son after him. Hadrian's choice appears to have been a mistake. Some scholars suspect that Aelius was Hadrian's illegitimate son, but there is no evidence of this.

Death and successor

Aelius was the father of Lucius Verus (130-169), who was co-emperor Marcus Aurelius from 161 until his death in 169 and whose competence is as controversial as that of his father. Aelius himself never became emperor, he died shortly before Hadrian at the age of less than 40 after a hemorrhage , possibly a hemoptysis as a result of tuberculosis or a hematemesis as a result of gastric or esophageal bleeding . His final resting place was in the Hadriani mausoleum .

After Aelius' death, Hadrian adopted Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus (86–161) on the condition that the latter adopt the younger Lucius Verus and his own nephew by marriage, Marcus Annius Verus (Mark Aurel).

In addition to the son Lucius Verus mentioned above, Aelius had two daughters, Ceionia Fabia and Ceionia Plautia.

See also

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Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. Moog (2006), p. 9.
  2. Werner Eck : Annual and provincial fasts of the senatorial governors from 69/70 to 138/139 In: Chiron , Volume 13 (1983), pp. 147–238, here pp. 225–226 ( online ).
  3. Moog (2006), p. 10 f.