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Marcus Annius Verus was a
Roman man who lived in the first and second century. He was the son of an elder Marcus Annius Verus, who gained the rank of senator and praetor. His family originated fromUccibi (modern
Espejo) near Corduba (modern
Córdoba) in
Spain. The family came to prominence and became wealthy through
olive oil production in Spain.
He was prefect of
Rome and was enrolled as a patrician when
Vespasian and
Titus were censors. Verus was three times consul. One was under the Emperor
Domitian, one in
121 and the other in
126. Verus married
Rupilia Faustina, a daughter from a consular family. Faustina’s half-sister was Roman Empress
Vibia Sabina and was a daughter to
Salonina Matidia (niece of the Roman Emperor
Trajan).
Their children were:
After his son Marcus Annius Verus, died in
124, the elder Verus adopted and raised, along with his daughter-in-law,
Marcus Aurelius and his sister
Annia Cornificia Faustina. In the
Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius, Aurelius describes his paternal grandfather as a man of 'decency' and 'a mild temper' (1.1n). Marcus Annius Verus died in
138 and was nearly at the age of ninety when he died. In his elder years, he'd a mistress.
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