Editing Marcus Aurelius (section)

===Name===
Marcus was born in [[Rome]] on 26 April 121. His birth name is sometimes given as Marcus Annius Verus,<ref>Magill, p. 693.</ref> but sources assign this name to him upon his father's death and unofficial adoption by his grandfather, upon his coming of age.<ref name=dio69.21>[[Cassius Dio]], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/69*.html#21 Book 69,21.1.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329072634/http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/69*.html#21 |date=29 March 2020 }} "Marcus Annius Verus [...] This Marcus Annius, earlier named Catilius, was a grandson of [[Marcus Annius Verus (grandfather of Marcus Aurelius)|Annius Verus]] [...] He preferred Verus on account of his kinship and his age and because he was already giving indication of exceptional strength of character. This led Hadrian to apply to the young man the name ''Verissimus'', thus playing upon the meaning of the Latin word."</ref><ref name='Historia MA I.9–10'>''[[Historia Augusta]]'', [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Historia_Augusta/Marcus_Aurelius Marcus Antoninus] I.9–10. "At the beginning of his life Marcus Antoninus was named Catilius Severus after his [[Lucius Catilius Severus|mother's grand-father]]. After the death of his real father, however, Hadrian called him Annius Verissimus, and, after he assumed the [[toga virilis]], Annius Verus."</ref><ref>Van Ackeren, p. 139.</ref><ref name='Birley, Marcus Aurelius, p. 33'>Birley, ''Marcus Aurelius'', p. 33.</ref> He may have been known as "Marcus Annius Catilius Severus",<ref name=dio69.21/><ref name='Historia MA I.9–10'/><ref>McLynn, ''Marcus Aurelius: Warrior, Philosopher, Emperor'', p. 24.</ref> at birth or some point in his youth,<ref name='Birley, Marcus Aurelius, p. 33'/> or "Marcus Catilius Severus Annius Verus". Upon his adoption by Antoninus as heir to the throne, he was known as "Marcus Aelius Aurelius Verus Caesar" and, upon his ascension, he was "Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus" until his death;<ref>Van Ackeren, p. 78.</ref> [[Epiphanius of Salamis]], in his chronology of the Roman emperors included in his ''[[On Weights and Measures]]'', calls him ''Marcus Aurelius Verus''.<ref>Dean, p. 32.</ref>