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Antoninus Pius Timeline Game

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Antoninus Pius was known for his peaceful reign as Roman Emperor, focusing on maintaining stability and prosperity throughout the empire. In this timeline game, players will have the opportunity to learn about key events during the reign of Antoninus Pius and place them in their correct chronological order.

  • Players will be challenged to correctly order events such as the construction of Hadrian’s Wall, the Antonine Plague, and the reign of Marcus Aurelius.
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  • 19 September 86 AD: Antoninus Pius is born in Lanuvium, Italy
  • 112 AD: Antoninus Pius serves as quaestor and tribune in Rome
  • 120 AD: Antoninus Pius is appointed consul
  • 119 AD: Antoninus Pius marries Faustina the Elder
  • 138 AD: Antoninus Pius adopts Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus
  • 10 July 138 AD: Antoninus Pius becomes the Roman Emperor
  • 139 AD: Antoninus Pius suppresses a revolt in Britain
  • 142 AD: Antoninus Pius founds the Antonine Wall in Scotland
  • 145 AD: Antoninus Pius constructs the Temple of Hadrian in Rome
  • 166 AD: Antoninus Pius adopts Marcus Galerius Aurelius Antoninus (later known as Commodus)
  • 161 AD: Antoninus Pius constructs the Column of Antoninus Pius in Rome
  • 7 March 161 AD: Antoninus Pius dies in his villa in Lorium
  • 7 March 161 AD: Antoninus Pius is deified by the Roman Senate
  • 161 AD: Antoninus Pius' remains are placed in Hadrian's Mausoleum
  • 7 March 161 AD: Antoninus Pius is succeeded by his adopted son Marcus Aurelius
  • 141 AD: Antoninus Pius' wife, Faustina the Elder, is deified
  • 138 AD: Antoninus Pius establishes the alimenta, a program to support poor children
  • 138 AD: Antoninus Pius promotes the arts and sciences in Rome
  • 162 AD: Antoninus Pius makes peace with Parthia
  • 7 March 161 AD: Antoninus Pius dies after a reign of 23 years

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