Antoninus Pius was a just and effective emperor. He preferred to remain in Rome and let other generals fight the campaigns against outside threats. He spent little on public works, initiating few of his own, but completing what had been started by Hadrian. In preparation for the succession, he married his adoptive son Marcus Aurelius to his daughter. He was buried in Hadrian's Mausoleum, today known as Castel Sant'Angelo, after a peaceful death. The Temple he had built in the Roman Forum in 141 AD to his deified wife Faustina was rededicated as the Temple of the deified Faustina and the deified Antoninius. The Column of Marcus Aurelius was, at one time, thought to be the Column of Antoninus Pius, but that column has been lost forever.

    

IMG_9344-20130929: Antoninus Pius, in the Capitoline Museum
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IMG_9602-20141010: Emperor Antoninus Pius in a heroic pose as a military commander, in the National Museum of Rome, Palazzo Altemps. The emperor wears only a mantle while his helmet and cuirass, his military apparel, lean against a tree trunk. The statue is inspired by Greek originals of the 5th century BC, the head is taken from a portrait of a youth created between 140 and 147 AD, and was restored by Ippolito Buzzi.
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IMG_6671-20141004: Antoninus Pius, in the Hall of the Emperors of the Palazzo Nuovo of the Capitoline Museum
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IMG_7727-20141007: Bust of Antoninus Pius portrayed as an Arval Brother, in the National Museum of Rome, Terme di Diocleziano (Baths of Diocletian)
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IMG_7961-20141007: Portrait of Antoninus Pius, in the National Museum of Rome, Palazzo Massimo
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IMG_7963-20141007: Portrait of Antoninus Pius, in the National Museum of Rome, Palazzo Massimo
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IMG_7966-20141007: Portrait of Antoninus Pius from Formia, shown as a hero with the right arm probably resting on a spear, in the National Museum of Rome, Palazzo Massimo
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IMG_7970-20141007: Portrait of Antoninus Pius, from Hadrian's Villa, in the National Museum of Rome, Palazzo Massimo
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• Built the Temple of Antoninus Pius and Faustina in the Roman Forum for his wife, but after his death it became dedicated to him as well.
• Restored the Sacellum of Bacchus in the Roman Forum
• Completed the Temple of Venus and Rome in the Roman Forum
• Restored the Colosseum and the Pantheon
• Built the Temple of Hadrian to honor Hadrian.
• Built the Baths of Neptune in Ostia Antica.

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