Antoninus Pius
c. 86 CE–c. 161 CE · Lanuvium
Nerva-Antonine emperor (r. 138-161 CE), the fourth of the "Five Good Emperors," whose long, peaceful reign was marked by administrative and fiscal stability. In the aftermath of the Bar Kokhba revolt he eased Hadrian's measures against the Jews, issuing a rescript (preserved in Roman law via Modestinus) that permitted Jews to circumcise their own sons while still forbidding the circumcision of converts and non-Jews. A later Jewish tradition recalls a friendly "Antoninus and Rabbi [Yehuda ha-Nasi]" dialogue in the Talmud, but this is a rabbinic legend whose imperial "Antoninus" is unidentified; Antoninus Pius is only one of several proposed candidates, with Marcus Aurelius and Caracalla generally regarded as chronologically more likely.
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Lanuvium
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Graeco-Roman world
- Philo of Byblos· 64 CE–141 CE
- Suetonius· 69 CE–130 CE
- Theon Smyrnaeus· 70 CE–135 CE
- Florus· 74 CE–130 CE
- Hadrian· 76 CE–138 CE
- Favorinus of Arelate· 80 CE–160 CE
- Aretaeus of Cappadocia· 80 CE–150 CE
- Oenomaus of Gadara· 85 CE–145 CE
- Arrian· 86 CE–160 CE
- Marcus Antonius Polemon· 90 CE–144 CE
- Dionysius Periegetes· 90 CE–140 CE
- Appian of Alexandria· 95 CE–165 CE
- Claudius Ptolemaeus· 100 CE–170 CE
- Xenophon of Ephesus· 100 CE–170 CE
- Alcinous· 100 CE–
- Achilles Tatius· 115 CE–155 CE
- Apollonius Dyscolus· 115 CE–175 CE
- Harpocration· 115 CE–180 CE
- Dionysius of Byzantium· 115 CE–180 CE
- Aelius Herodianus· 115 CE–180 CE
- Artemidorus· 115 CE–180 CE
- Aelius Aristides· 117 CE–181 CE
- Vettius Valens· 120 CE–175 CE
- Apuleius· 124 CE–170 CE
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