   antoninus pius (;weigel, antoninus piusin classical latin, antoninus' name would be inscribed as titvs aelivs hadrianvs antoninvs avgvstvs pivs. born 19 september, 86 ad â died 7 march, 161 ad), also known as antoninus, was roman emperor from 138 to 161. he was a member of the nervaâantonine dynasty and the aurelii.bowman, pg. 150 he acquired the name pius after his accession to the throne, either because he compelled the senate to deify his adoptive father hadrian,birley, pg. 54; dio, 70:1:2 or because he had saved senators sentenced to death by hadrian in his later years.birley, pg. 55, citing the historia augusta, life of hadrian 24.4 ==early life== ===childhood and family=== he was born as the only child of titus aurelius fulvus, consul in 89bowman, pg. 150 whose family came from nemausus (modern nÃ®mes).bury, pg. 523 he was born near lanuviumharvey, paul b., religion in republican italy, cambridge university press, 2006, pg. 134; canduci, pg. 39 and his mother was arria fadilla. antoninusâ father and paternal grandfather died when he was young and he was raised by gnaeus arrius antoninus,bowman, pg. 150 his maternal grandfather, reputed by contemporaries to be a man of integrity and culture and a friend of [[pliny 
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