MARCUS AURELIUS
Marcus Aurelius
Emperor of the Roman Empire
Full name (Caesar) Marcus
Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Born 26 April 121 Rome
Died 17 March 180 (aged 58)
Vindobona or Sirmium
Buried Hadrian's Mausoleum
Predecessor Antoninus Pius
Successor Commodus (alone)
Consort to Faustina the Younger
Dynasty Antonine
Father Annius Verus
Mother Domitia Lucilla
Children 13, incl. Commodus, Marcus Annius Verus, Antoninus and Lucilla
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (Rome, April 26, 121 - Vindobona or
Sirmium, March 17, 180) was Roman Emperor from 161 to his death in 180. He was
the last of the "Five Good Emperors", and is also considered one of the most
important stoic philosophers.
His tenure was marked by wars in Asia against a revitalized Parthian Empire, and
with Germanic tribes along the Limes Germanicus into Gaul and across the Danube.
A revolt in the East, led by Avidius Cassius, failed.
Marcus Aurelius' work Meditations, written on campaign between 170-180, is still
revered as a literary monument to a government of service and duty and has been
praised for its "exquisite accent and its infinite tenderness."
Marcus Aurelius
Emperor of the Roman Empire
Full name (Caesar) Marcus
Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Born 26 April 121 Rome
Died 17 March 180 (aged 58)
Vindobona or Sirmium
Buried Hadrian's Mausoleum
Predecessor Antoninus Pius
Successor Commodus (alone)
Consort to Faustina the Younger
Dynasty Antonine
Father Annius Verus
Mother Domitia Lucilla
Children 13, incl. Commodus, Marcus Annius Verus, Antoninus and Lucilla
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (Rome, April 26, 121 - Vindobona or
Sirmium, March 17, 180) was Roman Emperor from 161 to his death in 180. He was
the last of the "Five Good Emperors", and is also considered one of the most
important stoic philosophers.
His tenure was marked by wars in Asia against a revitalized Parthian Empire, and
with Germanic tribes along the Limes Germanicus into Gaul and across the Danube.
A revolt in the East, led by Avidius Cassius, failed.
Marcus Aurelius' work Meditations, written on campaign between 170-180, is still
revered as a literary monument to a government of service and duty and has been
praised for its "exquisite accent and its infinite tenderness."