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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2566965, member: 19463&quot;][ATTACH=full]554678[/ATTACH] </p><p>Hadrian originally intended his successor to be Aelius Caesar (on an as above), who predeceased him leaving a young son Lucius Verus - too young to be made emperor.&nbsp; Antoninus Pius agreed to adopt the boy and make him his successor.&nbsp; The boy grew up to be a playboy and probably not the person Hadrian hoped he would be but Pius considered a promise to be sacred so named the most capable Aurelius and the pledged Verus to be the first co-emperors.&nbsp; Verus predeceased Aurelius which may be too bad for history since it could have spared us the tragedy named Commodus.&nbsp; &#039;What if&#039; is a pointless game for historians but can be fun for authors of historical fiction.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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