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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RaceBannon, post: 1727436, member: 25357&quot;]Marcus Aurelius; the last of the &quot;five good emperors&quot;, and biological father to his son Commodus.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Significant because Commodus accession as emperor was the first time a son had succeeded his father since Titus succeeded Vespasian in 79 AD.&nbsp; The other five good emperors all had adoptive sons who succeeded them to the throne.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wikipedia cut and paste history: </p><p>Marcus Aurelius was the first emperor since Vespasian to have a biological son of his own and, though he himself was the fifth in the line of the so-called Five Good Emperors, each of whom had adopted his successor, it seems to have been his firm intention that Commodus should be his heir. On 27 November 176, Marcus Aurelius granted Commodus the rank of Imperator and, in the middle of 177, the title Augustus, giving his son the same status as his own and formally sharing power.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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