Lucius Verus

Lucius Aurelius Verus (130–169) was Roman emperor from 161 until his death, ruling jointly with his adoptive brother Marcus Aurelius—Rome's first two simultaneous emperors. The son of Hadrian's heir Lucius Aelius Caesar, he was adopted by Antoninus Pius in 138, studied under Fronto and held the consulship with Marcus in 161.

He directed the Parthian war of 162–166, which ended in Roman victory and territorial gains, and wed Marcus' daughter Lucilla. In 168 the Marcomanni crossed the Danube; returning from that front he fell ill and died in early 169, probably of the Antonine Plague. The Senate deified him.