II. From the reputation and remembrance of my father, modesty and a manly character.
His fatherby reputation
Marcus Annius Verus the younger, praetor. He died when Marcus was about three. Beyond the office and the death, almost nothing is recorded.
Where they were from
Where they were fromNo place is recorded for his father.
When, in his life
writing this
121–124
born 121
adopted 138
emperor 161
died 180
Dead before Marcus was four.
Where it comes from
His father died when Marcus was about three. He is not thanking a memory here — he is thanking a reputation, assembled out of what other people told him about a man he never knew.