🪷 Born 13 Jan 101 AD: Happy Birthday, #Lucius #AeliusCaesar, #Hadrian's "other favorite" who nearly became emperor. He predeceased Emperor #Hadrian by only a few months in 138 AD. We celebrate the brief, brilliant life of #LuciusAelius #Caesar: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-birth-of-lucius-aelius-caesar.html 🪷

🪷 #Lucius #Aelius, Hadrian's "other favorite", died 1 January 138 (only months before #Hadrian) ironically from stimulants #LuciusAelius had taken to help him make a speech to the Senate thanking Hadrian for naming him as successor. Ave #AeliusCaesar! https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-apotheosis-of-aelius-caesar.html 🪷