Aelius Caesar
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Lucius Aelius, musée du Louvre
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| Born | 13 January 101 | ||||
| Died | 1 January 138 (aged 36) | ||||
| Spouse | Avidia Plautia | ||||
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| Father | Lucius Ceionius Commodus Hadrian (adoptive) |
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| Mother | Aelia/Fundania Plautia | ||||
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| Lucius Ceionius Commodus (from birth until adoption by Hadrian) Lucius Aelius Caesar (as Imperial heir) |
Lucius Aelius Caesar (January 13, 101 – January 1, 138) was the father of Emperor Lucius Verus. In the last year of his life, he was adopted by Hadrian and named heir to the throne. He died before Hadrian and never attained the throne.
Aelius was born with the name Lucius Ceionius Commodus he became Lucius Aelius Caesar upon his adoption as Hadrian's heir. He is often sometimes referred to as Lucius Aelius Verus, though this name is not attested outside the Augustan History and probably the result of a manuscript error. The young Lucius Ceionius Commodus was of the gens Ceionia. His father, also named Lucius Ceionius Commodus (the author of the Augustan History adds the cognomen Verus), was consul in 106, and his paternal grandfather, also of the same name, was consul in 78. His paternal ancestors were from Etruria, and were of consular rank. His mother was a Roman woman called Fundania Plautia. The Augustan History states that his maternal grandfather and his maternal ancestors were of consular rank.
Before 130, Lucius Commodus married Avidia Plautia, a well-connected Roman noblewoman who was the daughter of the senator Gaius Avidius Nigrinus. Plautia bore Lucius two sons and two daughters, who were:
For a long time, the emperor Hadrian had considered Lucius Julius Ursus Servianus as his unofficial successor. As Hadrian's reign drew to a close, however, he changed his mind. Although the emperor certainly thought Servianus capable of ruling as an emperor after Hadrian's own death, Servianus, by now in his nineties, was clearly too old for the position. Hadrian's attentions turned to Servianus' grandson, Gnaeus Pedanius Fuscus Salinator II. Hadrian promoted the young Salinator, his great-nephew, gave him special status in his court, and groomed him as his heir. Servianus, who always cherished the idea that his youthful grandson would one day succeed his brother-in-law, was overjoyed.
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