Marcus Aurelius has been acknowledged as a sage. But his reign was marked as much by military affairs as it was by philosophy ...

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Restorers are freeing the impressive marble column in honour of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius in the heart of Rome, in welcome news to travellers to the city. The Column of Marcus Aurelius gives ...

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Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is a timeless collection of philosophical reflections written during his reign as a Roman emperor. Rooted in stoic thought, the book offers practical wisdom for ...

Vivid scenes of battlefield decapitations and female prisoners dragged off by their hair, carved into the 1,840-year-old marble Column of Marcus Aurelius towering over central Rome, are being brought ...

1,840-year-old Roman column gets major clean-up High-tech cleaning preserves ancient marble details Restoration part of Italy's EU-funded heritage plan ROME, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Just as cosmetic ...

The hand-held lasers concentrate flickering beams of light onto the stone, with the heat they generate lifting away black deposits of pollution to reveal the white Carrara marble beneath. Just as ...

Built between 180 and 193 C.E., the column depicts the battles of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, with more than 2,000 highly detailed figures spiraling around the shaft. Stefano Venturini / REDA / ...