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en-wikisource-org-6000		Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Marcus Aurelius Antoninus - Wikisource, the free online library			.html	text/html	2780	191	66	Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Wikisource, the free online library Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Marcus Aurelius Antoninus by Patrick Joseph Healy related authors: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. From his earliest years he enjoyed the friendship and patronage of the Emperor Hadrian, who bestowed on him the honour of the equestrian order when he was only six years old, made him a member of the Salian priesthood at eight, and compelled Antoninus Pius immediately after his own adoption to adopt as sons and heirs both the young Marcus and Ceionius Commodus, known later as the Emperor Lucius Verus. The pages of the Apologists show how frequently the Christians were condemned and what penalties they had to endure, and these vague and general references are confirmed by some contemporary "Acta" of unquestionable authority, in which the harrowing scenes are described in all their gruesome details.	./cache/en-wikisource-org-6000.html	./txt/en-wikisource-org-6000.txt