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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 5245306, member: 19463&quot;]Thing might have been quite different had Verus been a bit older while Hadrian was alive and directing the successions.&nbsp; It is hard to pin down intents and backstories but the marriage of Marcus and Faustina II and the coin issue of Pius and Marcus without Lucius Verus makes clear the preferences of Pius. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1218342[/ATTACH] </p><p>Everyone kept the deal with Hadrian including Verus who grew up with a claim to the throne that would have led to civil war in many circumstances.&nbsp; I see what we have here is a rare instance of honest politicians gathered in one place with the best intentions for the good of the Empire.&nbsp; Another of the &#039;what if&#039; questions that never can be answered is what woul have happened had Verus outlived Marcus.&nbsp; Would Rome have been spared Commodus?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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