The Future Lucius Verus

The future lucius verus drifted along with only the title son of augustus to keep him company for the first decade and a half of antoninus reign. Lucius was raised in the shadow of everyone, his dead biological father, lucius caesar, his living adopteve father, antoninus, and his favorite adopted brother, marcus. The inte ligent, but not nearly as focused,. lucius was a bit of a let down. But there is no mistaking that when it was his turn to rule, he lacked a great deal of the practical, worldly experience that helped all the really good emperors be really good.