Antoninus Pius
Emperor for twenty-three years, in which almost nothing happened that historians record — no major war, no crisis, no purge. He never left Italy while ruling. The reign is the strongest argument the empire offers that its worst periods and its best were made by the same machinery, and that the difference was the man operating it.
- Lived: 86 CE – 161 CE
- Nationality: roman
- Roles: head_of_state
