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Rh to send Lucius Verus, the co-emperor, to take command of operations, and to supply him with the best generals Rome could produce: Avidius Cassius, Statius Priscus, and Martius Verus.

Accompanied by Marcus Aurelius as far as Capua, Verus set out for Syria, where he arrived in 162. Not only were troops gathered from the oriental provinces, but three legions were brought from the Rhine and the Danube. These were the I Minervia under M. Claudius Fronto, the II Adiutrix, later under Q. Antistius Adventus, and the V Macedonica under P. Martius Verus. Parts or all of the following legions