Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

/ ˈmɑːkəs ɔːˈriːlɪəs ˌæntəˈnaɪnəs /

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1. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus121180MRomanPOLITICS: hereditary ruler original name Marcus Annius Verus. 121–180 ad , Roman emperor (161–180) noted particularly for his Meditations, propounding his stoic view of life

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The Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was the last famous Stoic philosopher of antiquity.

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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was the seventeenth Emperor of Rome, and began his reign on the 2nd of March, 161 years before the Christian era.

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The inscription on the work describes it as the “Embassy of Athenagoras, the Athenian, a philosopher and a Christian concerning the Christians, to the Emperors Marcus Aurelius Antoninus and Lucius Aurelius Commodus, &c.”

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He further received the imperial title of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus at the time when his father declared himself the adopted son of M. Aurelius.

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The emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, who was very virtuous and religious and wise according to Roman ideals, persecuted Christians to the extent of legally condemning Christian girls to the houses of infamy.

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