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 ...

In his philosophical writings collected in "Meditations," Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote a passage portraying an inner dialogue one can imagine him having in his royal bed at the crack of dawn.

Four of the coins date to the reign of Marcus Aurelius, who was played by Richard Harris in the first Gladiator film, with the earliest dating from AD166 (above) [Andrew Williams/Norfolk County ...

No, that date doesn’t have quite the same ring as the Ides of March, although it was only two days later – ie March 17th – in the Roman ... 180AD that the emperor Marcus Aurelius died ...

Maximus is a powerful Roman general, loved by the people and the aging Emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Before his death, the Emperor chooses Maximus to be his heir over his own son, Commodus ...

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 ...