a colossal bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius welcomes them to the city. His central placement in Michaelangelo’s wonderfully symmetrical redesign of the Capitoline Hill has helped ...
The Musei Capitolini (Capitoline Museums ... statues – including a famous one of Marcus Aurelius – and paintings by Caravaggio and Battista, among others. It also offers spectacular views ...
The most famous ruler featured in the hoard is arguably the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (reigned from A.D. 161 to 180), ...