... ". he received numerous public honors from an early age and was thought to be a potential successor by Hadrian for a long time. When Hadrian's first choice as successor died, Ceionius Commodus, his second choice proved to be much better. T. Aurelius Fulvas Boinius Arrius Antoninus, who was from Cisalpine Gaul ... death and the uncertainty upon and new emperor (in this case two, a diarchy, for the first time in Rome's history), the Parthian monarch, Vologaeses III, struck rapidly, placed his own candidate on the Armenian throne, and inflicted severe setbacks to Roman forces sent to oppose ...

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