Marcus Aurelius is known as the "Philosopher King," the last of Rome's "Five Good Emperors." The latter title, assigned by ...

Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius is often quoted online for answers. This once-powerful man would have preferred to be a philosopher."Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever ...

Richard Harris played the Roman emperor-philosopher Marcus Aurelius in the Oscar-winning film, "Gladiator." ... He’s shown as a military leader when he’s dressed in armor or in a military cloak.

By Bonnie Erbe. Notice to all ancient history buffs! The head of a once 15-foot-tall statue of Marcus Aurelius, one of the earlier Roman emperors, has been discovered in Turkey.

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 ...

06/08/2025 June 8, 2025. How do you keep calm in times of crisis? What do people need to be happy? Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius is often quoted online for answers.

Cairo – Egypt says archaeologists have discovered a bust of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius in the southern city of Aswan. The Antiquities Ministry says Sunday the head was found in the Temple ...

The Emperor as Philosopher,” a Roman-era statue, thought to represent Marcus Aurelius, stands in a gallery at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio, June 25, 2010.

In A.D. 175, a courier presented the emperor Marcus Aurelius with a letter from the Roman Senate. The news was not good: Marcus had been betrayed by the military commander Avidius Cassius, who had ...

A headless bronze statue, believed to depict Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, has belonged to the Cleveland Museum of Art for nearly 40 years. But soon, the artifact will be in New York where ...