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    Aelius Aurelius Commodus was born on 31 August AD 161 in Lanuvium, near Rome. He was the son of the reigning emperor, Marcus Aurelius, and Aurelius' first...
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    adoptive brother, who took the regnal name Lucius Aurelius Verus. Under the reign of Marcus Aurelius, the Roman Empire witnessed much military conflict...
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    Marcus Aurelius Antoninus at the age of seven as part of his father's attempt at union with the families of Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius. According...
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    succeeded by his adopted sons Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus as co-emperors. Antoninus Pius was born Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Antoninus near Lanuvium...
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    by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from AD 161 to 180, recording his private notes to himself and ideas on Stoic philosophy. Marcus Aurelius wrote the...
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    scenes from it. The column of Marcus Aurelius is a depiction of Roman life during the reign of Marcus Aurelius; the monument not only tells us the reason...
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    adoptive brother Marcus Aurelius. He was a member of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty. Verus' succession together with Marcus Aurelius marked the first time that...
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    Caesar. Aurelia was a daughter of Rutilia and Lucius Aurelius Cotta or his brother, Marcus Aurelius Cotta. Her father was consul in 119 BC and her paternal...
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    Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander (1 October 208 – March 235), also known as Alexander Severus, was Roman emperor from 222 until 235. The last emperor...
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    Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (born Sextus Varius Avitus Bassianus, c. 204 – 13 March 222), better known by his posthumous nicknames Elagabalus (/ˌɛləˈɡæbələs/...
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    Diocletian (/ˌdaɪ.əˈkliːʃən/ DYE-ə-KLEE-shən; Latin: Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus; Ancient Greek: Διοκλητιανός, romanized: Diokletianós; 242/245...
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    Aurelius Victor, De Caesaribus and Epitome de Caesaribus, xviii. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. II, p. 221. Aurelius Victor...
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    name Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander to emphasize his relationship to Septimius Severus, the founder of the dynasty. Julia Mamaea and Julia Maesa also...
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  • three members of gens Julia were Gaius Julius Caesar and his sisters Julia Major and Julia Minor ("Julia the elder" and "Julia the younger"). The nomen...
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    Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius (c. 283 – 28 October 312) was a Roman emperor from 306 until his death in 312. Despite ruling in Italy and North Africa...
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  • Avidius Cassius (category Generals of Marcus Aurelius)
    because he had received news, from Marcus Aurelius' wife Faustina the Younger, that the Emperor Marcus Aurelius was about to die. He received broad support...
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    accompanied Marcus Aurelius to Vindobona (now Vienna) in support of the Danube military campaign and were with him on 17 March 180, when Aurelius died and Commodus...
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    million. In November 2023, Natura sold it to Aurelius. On 13 February 2024, it was announced that Aurelius had put the UK business of the Body Shop into...
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    Trajan (98–117), Hadrian (117–138), Antoninus Pius (138–161), Marcus Aurelius (161–180), Lucius Verus (161–169), and Commodus (177–192). The first five...
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    conflict, Hadrian ordered the deaths of Julia's father and son. van Ackeren, Marcel (2012). A Companion to Marcus Aurelius. Blackwell Companions to the Ancient...
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  • ruled as co-emperor with his father Marcus Aurelius from 177 until his father's death in 180. Marcus Aurelius was Roman Emperor from 161 to 180. He ruled...
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    until the 3rd century AD, and among its adherents was Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. It experienced a decline after Christianity became the state religion...
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    Philostorgius also survive, though their biases are no less firm. The epitomes of Aurelius Victor (De Caesaribus), Eutropius (Breviarium), Festus (Breviarium), and...
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    Anthony R (2012). Marcus Aurelius: A Biography (reworked ed.). Routledge. ISBN 978-1134695690. Anthony Birley, Marcus Aurelius, a Biography, revised edition...
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    The dynasty's women, including Julia Domna, the mother of Caracalla and Geta, and her nieces Julia Soaemias and Julia Mamaea, the mothers respectively...
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    rabbi (d. 279) Julia Soaemias, mother of Elagabalus (d. 222) Sima Fu, Chinese prince and statesman (d. 272) March 17 – Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor...
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    Julia Soaemias Bassiana (180 – 11 March 222) was a Syrian noblewoman and the mother of Roman emperor Elagabalus, who ruled over the Roman Empire from...
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  • Mysteries. Marcus Aurelius orders humane treatment for Christians and slaves throughout the Roman Empire. An Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius is erected...
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    Faustina the Younger (category Marcus Aurelius)
    cousin, Marcus Aurelius; Aurelius was also adopted by her father.[citation needed] In April or May 145, Faustina and Marcus Aurelius were married, as...
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    Maximian (Latin: Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus; c. 250 – c. July 310), nicknamed Herculius, was Roman emperor from 286 to 305. He was Caesar from...
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