Antoninus Pius
TITUS AURE- LIUS FULVUS, Roman emperor, was born at Lavinium near Rome, A.
D. 86. In A. D. 120 he became consul, and he was one of the four persons of consular rank among whom Hadrian divided the supreme administration of Italy. He then went as proconsul to Asia. In A. D. 138 he was selected by that emperor as his successor, and the same year he ascended the throne. The persecutions of the Christians he speedily abolished. In Britain he extended the Roman dominion, and stopped the invasions of the Picts and Scots. He died in A. D. 161, and was succeeded by Marcus Aurelius, his adopted son.