What comes to mind when you think about the kind of Roman Emperor who managed to establish an indestructible empire?

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. Aurelius, one ...

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 ...

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 ...