Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Lucius Aelius Verus Caesar became the adopted son and intended successor, of Roman Emperor Hadrian, but never attained the throne. Aelius was born with the name Lucius Ceionius Commodus Verus. He was of the gens Ceionia. His father Lucius Ceionius Commodus Verus was consul in 106 and his paternal grandfather of the same name was consul in 78. His paternal ancestors were from Etruria and were of consular rank. His mother was a Roman woman called Aelia or Fundania Plautia. Augustan History states that his maternal grandfather and his maternal ancestors were of consular rank. Before 130, Aelius married Avidia Plautia, a well-connected Roman Noblewoman who was the daughter of the Roman Senator Gaius Avidius Nigrinus.