The most famous ruler featured in the hoard is arguably the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (reigned from A.D. 161 to 180), ...

In new BBC Radio 4 series Being Roman ... to emperors. In the first episode she looks behind the steely façade of famously philosophical, strong and masculine emperor Marcus Aurelius to discover ...

Though it's questionable whether Dad was thinking more of Marcus Brutus — nickname he used for me most often — or Marcus Aurelius ... spoken by the noblest Roman of them all.

In his philosophical writings collected in "Meditations," Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote a passage portraying an inner dialogue one can imagine him having in his royal bed at the crack of dawn.

The headless bronze statue was thought to represent Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius. New scientific testing has concluded it was likely looted from Turkey in the 1960s. After 18 months of ...

Maximus is a powerful Roman general, loved by the people and the aging Emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Before his death, the Emperor chooses Maximus to be his heir over his own son, Commodus ...

The Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius ruled from 161 to 180 AD, and developed a reputation for being the ideal wise leader Plato termed the "philosopher king." Marcus has remained relevant for 1,800 ...

The newest coins date from about A.D. 175 during the reign of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, who died in 180. | Credit: Andrew Williams/Norfolk County Council Metal detectorists in the east of ...