The Correspondence of Marcus Cornelius Fronto/Volume 1/Chronological Table

by Marcus Cornelius Fronto

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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE

	A.D.
	100	(or a year or two earlier). M. Cornelius Fronto, born at Cirta.
Circa	103,	end of Aug. Domitia Lucilla, mother of Marcus, the daughter of P. Calvisius Tullus, born.
	117.	Accession of Hadrian on August 11.
Circa	120.	Marriage of Lucilla to Annius Verus.
	121,	26th April. Birth of M. Annius Verus (Marcus Aurelius) in the Horti Vectiliani on Mount Caelius.
Circa	123.	Cornificia, the sister of Marcus, born.
	127.	Marcus enrolled among the Knights.
	129.	Marcus made Salic priest.
	130,	13 Dec. Birth of L. Ceionius Commodus (Lucius Verus).
	133.	Marcus professes Stoicism.
	135.	Marcus assumes the toga virilis. Death of his father, M. Annius Verus, aged about 45.
	136.	Marcus made praefectus feriis. Contracted to Faustina.
	138.	M. Annius Verus and L. Catilius Severus, grandfathers of Marcus, died. 25 Feb. Antoninus Pius (T. Aurelius Boionius Arrius Fulvus Antoninus, born 19 Sept. 86), chosen as Hadrian's successor, on condition of adopting M. Aurelius and Lucius Verus as his successors. 10 July. Death of Hadrian. 5 Dec. Marcus quaestor.
	139.	Marcus sevir turmae, member of all the Sacred Colleges, xv vir de sacris faciundis and vii vir Epulonum. Fronto appointed tutor to Marcus. Marcus made Caesar.
	140.	Death of Faustina the elder, wife of Pius. Marcus, consul.
	142.	Probable date of trial of Herodes.
	143.	Herodes consul of the year: Fronto cons. suff. for July and Aug. Makes his speech of thanks on Aug. 13.
	145.	Marcus and Faustina married. Marcus consul II. Becomes Magister Fratrum Arvalium. Verus assumes the toga virilis.
145	or 146.	Birth of Annia Galeria (Aurelia) Faustina, daughter of Marcus.
	146.	Marcus discards rhetoric for philosophy.
	147.	Trib. pot. (from Dec. 10, 146) granted to Marcus. Marcus made Pontifex. Verus made Caesar. Faustina made Augusta. Birth and death of Titus Aelius Antoninus, son of Marcus.
	148.	Birth of Annia Lucilla, daughter of Marcus. Vota decennalia of Pius. Nine hundredth anniversary of the foundation of Rome.
Circa	150.	Annia Fadilla, daughter of Marcus, born.
Circa	152.	Tit. Aurelius Antoninus and Tit. Aelius Aurelius, born: both died before 161.
	153.	Lucius Verus made quaestor.
	154.	Lucius Verus consul. Fronto elected proconsul of Asia, but obliged to give up the appointment owing to ill-health.
Circa	155.	Birth of Domitia Faustina, who died before 161.
Circa	159.	Cornificia, daughter of Marcus, born.
	160.	Fronto's daughter Gratia married Viotorinus.
	161,	7 March. Death of Pius, at Lorium, aged 74. Marcus succeeds as M. Aurelius Antoninus, and at once associates Lucius Aurelius Verus with himself in accordance with Hadrian's stipulation. Both consuls for this year. Avidius Cassius cons. suff. 31 Aug. Birth of twins, L. Aurelius Commodus and Antoninus Geminus. Destruction of a Roman force under Severianus Maximus by the Parthians at Elegeia.
	162.	Victorinus appointed Governor of Germany. Lucius sets out for the Parthian war, falls ill on the way at Canusium.
	163.	M. Aurelius Verus born (or the year before). Artaxata captured by Statius Priscus. Marcus Imp. II. Lucius Imp. II. and Armeniacus.
	164.	Marcus Armeniacus. Lucius marries Lucilla, daughter of Marcus, at Ephesus.
	165.	Avidius Cassius takes Seleucia, Ctesiphon, Dausara, Nicephorium, and Nisibis. Marcus Imp. III. Lucius Imp. III. and Parthicus Maximus.
	166.	Marcus Imp. IV. Lucius Imp. IV. and Medicus. He returns to Rome. Probable year of Fronto's death. Birth of Vibia Aurelia Sabina, last child of Marcus. Invasion of North Italy by the barbarians: and the ravages of the pestilence.
	167.	Marcus and Lucius Patres Patriae. Marcus receives the title of Medicus. Marcus and Lucius take the field against the barbarians.
	168.	Marcus and Lucius Impp. V.
	169.	Death of Verus at the end of January, at Altinum. Marcus Imp. VI. Death of Annius Verus Caesar at Praeneste.
	170.	Trial of Herodes at Sirmium.
	172.	Marcus takes title Germanicus.
	174.	Marcus Imp. VII. The "Miraculous Victory."
	175.	Marcus takes title Sarmaticus. Imp. VIII. Revolt of Cassius. Death of Faustina, winter of 175-176.
	176.	Commodus receives the trib. pot. and is associated next year in the Empire.
	177.	Marcus Imp. IX.
	179.	Marcus Imp. X.
	180,	17 March. Death of Marcus at Sirmium or Vienna.