Antonine (elder)

Also known as: This Antonine / This Emperor / the elder Antonine · Family: Romans · Role: Roman Emperor · First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 43

Life events

• Antonine made Pallantium a town and granted it freedom from taxation.(Book 8 · Chapter 43 · 📍 Pallantium)
  • “both to describe what is worthy of record in it, and to show why the elder Antonine made it a town instead of a village, and also free and exempt from taxation.”
• Antonine expelled the Mauri from their territory and drove them toward Mount Atlas.(Book 8 · Chapter 43 · 📍 Libya)
  • “he drove them out of all their territory into the most remote parts, and compelled them to retire from Libya to Mount Atlas and to the neighbourhood of Mount Atlas.”
• Antonine seized most of the Brigantes’ territory after their attack on Roman subjects.(Book 8 · Chapter 43 · 📍 Britain)
  • “He also took away from the Brigantes in Britain most of their territory, because they had attacked the Genunii who were Roman subjects.”
• Antonine restored Cos and Rhodes after a violent earthquake.(Book 8 · Chapter 43 · 📍 Cos and Rhodes)
  • “And when Cos and Rhodes cities of the Lycians and Carians were destroyed by a violent earthquake, the Emperor Antonine restored them by large expenditure of money and by his zeal in re-peopling them.”
• Antonine allowed subject citizens to leave their property to their sons instead of the Emperor.(Book 8 · Chapter 43)
  • “But Antonine allowed them to leave their property to their sons, preferring to exhibit philanthropy rather than to maintain a law which brought in money to the revenue.”
• Antonine (son) succeeded Antonine (elder) as emperor.(Book 8 · Chapter 43)
  • With: Antonine (son)
  • “He was succeeded by his son Antonine, who fought against the Germans,”

Book 8 · Chapter 43

• child: Antonine (son) “He was succeeded by his son Antonine, who fought against the Germans, the most numerous and warlike barbarians in Europe, and subdued the Sauromatæ who had commenced an iniquitous war.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.