MARCUSAURELIUSANTONINUSwasbornonApril26, , andhewassprungofanoblefamilywhichclaimeddescentfromNuma, , AnniusVerus, hadheldhighofficeinRome, andhisgrandfather, ofthesamename, , 'sdeathMarcuswasadoptedbyhisgrandfather, theconsularAnniusVerus, , , whomheusedtocallnotVerusbutVerissimus, , 'saunt, AnniaGaleriaFaustina, wasmarriedtoAntoninusPius, , havingnoson, adoptedMarcus, changinghisnametothatwhichheisknownby, , andhewastrainedinthestrictdoctrineoftheStoicphilosophy, , , hunting, andoutdoorgames; andthoughhisconstitutionwasweak, , astheywerecalled, —red, blue, white, orgreen—; andfromallthesethingsMarcusheldseverelyaloof.
In140Marcuswasraisedtotheconsulship, ; andsoonafterthetribunateandotherimperialhonourswereconferreduponhim.
