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Hauler, Edmund, Hauler’s adversaria (conveniently listed in the following item, pp. lxxxviff) continued to pour out until 1940 but he never lived to produce the edition he had been planning for a lifetime.
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Champlin, Edward, Fronto and Antonine Rome, Cambridge, Mass. 1980; contains an updated chronology of the letters, slightly modified from his earlier “The Chronology of Fronto.” JRS 64 (1974). 136–159.
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| a.d. 100 | (or a year or two earlier). M. Cornelius Fronto, born at Cirta. |
| Circa 103 | end of Aug. Domitia Lucilla, mother of Marcus, the daughter of P. Calvisius Tullus, born. |
| 117. | Accession of Hadrian on August 11. |
| Circa 120. | Marriage of Lucilla to Annius Verus. |
| 121, | 26th April. Birth of M. Annius Verus (Marcus Aurelius) in the Horti Vectiliani on Mount Caelius. |
| Circa 123 | Cornificia, the sister of Marcus, born. |
| 127. | Marcus enrolled among the Knights. |
| 129. | Marcus made Salic priest. |
| 130, | 13 Dec. Birth of L. Ceionius Commodus (Lucius Verus). |
| 133. | Marcus professes Stoicism. |
| 135. | Marcus assumes the toga virilis. Death of his father, M. Annius Verus, aged about 45. |
| 136. | Marcus made praefectus feriis. Contracted to Faustina. |
| 138. | M. Annius Verus and L. Catilius Severus, grandfathers of Marcus, died. |
| 25 Feb. Antoninus Pius (T. Aurelius Boionius Arrius Fulvus Antoninus, born 19 Sept. 86), chosen as Hadrian’s successor, on condition of adopting M. Aurelius and Lucius Verus as his successors. | |
| 10 July. Death of Hadrian. | |
| 5 Dec. Marcus quaestor. | |
| 139. | Marcus sevir turmae, member of all the Sacred Colleges, xv vir de sacris faciundis and vii vir Epulonum. |
| Fronto appointed tutor to Marcus. | |
| Marcus made Caesar. |