In South Moravia, Czechia, archaeologists have found a bronze fragment from a Roman wrist purse which dates back 1,800 years, ...

Europe News: Marcus Aurelius, the philosopher-king, faced crises while ruling the Roman Empire, as reflected in his personal \\"Meditations,\\" now a bestseller. An up ...

Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig." Wise statements like this can be found in the "Meditations" of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (121-180 C.E.).

But of course, Marcus Aurelius was a product of his time, who grew up within the social structures of antiquity. "There was slavery, and not even Marcus Aurelius wanted to abolish it," said Reuter.

A second phase of construction occurred under Emperor Gallienus around 260 CE, when he reinforced the frontier defenses. The Ödes Schloss site is situated near Stopfenreuth, along the shores of a ...

The most famous ruler featured in the hoard is arguably the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (reigned from A.D. 161 to 180), while his wife, Faustina II, is portrayed on a coin of her own.

When the Cleveland Museum of Art bought the statue from the Edward H. Merrin Gallery for $1.85 million in 1986, the receipt said “figure of a draped emperor (probably Marcus Aurelius), Roman ...

Some emperors were famously bad — such as Caligula (ruled from A.D. 37 to 41) and Nero (ruled from A.D. 54 to 68) — but history judges a few of the others more favorably, such as Marcus ...

Marcus Aurelius and his ideas are at the core of the Gladiator franchise’s message of hope because he is historically considered one of the “five good Emperors” of Rome (per Brittanica).

Marcus Aurelius is the first Roman Emperor that audiences were introduced to in Gladiator, and his sudden death set in motion ...

Their father, emperor Severus, wanted “them to rule together,” says Bartsch, which they did — until, two years later, Caracalla has Geta “killed so that he doesn't have to share the rule.” ...

Marcus Aurelius, though a Roman emperor, adhered to the Stoic principle of cosmopolitanism—the idea that all human beings are part of a single, interconnected community governed by universal reason.