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- Philosopher and emperor of Rome (161–180). His philosophical autobiography Meditations is a classic work of stoicism.
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- noun Emperor of Rome; nephew and son-in-law and adoptive son of Antonius Pius; Stoic philosopher; the decline of the Roman Empire began under Marcus Aurelius (121-180)
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To legitimize his rule, he changed his name from (Varius) Avitus to Marcus Aurelius Antoninus and claimed to be a son of Caracalla.
f. The Third Century 2001
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Emerson's -- of that great strain of thought of which Epictetus the slave and Marcus Aurelius Antoninus the sovereign were the last previous examples.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 Various
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Faustina the elder, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Lucius Verus, and Faustina the younger, and several more. {112c} In December, 1898, a coin was found by a son of Mr.W. K. Morton, bookseller, while playing in the garden at Onslow House, which proved to be one of the Emperor
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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In the original manuscript of Alps and Sanctuaries he consigned Raffael, along with Socrates, Virgil [the last two displaced later by Plato and Dante], Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Goethe, Beethoven, and another, to limbo as the Seven Humbugs of Christiandom.
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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, who succeeded Macrinus.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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The pagan moralists lack life and color, and even the noble stoic, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, is too high and refined for an ordinary child.
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D. 121, and assumed the name of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, by which he is known to history, on his adoption by the Emperor T. Aurelius Antoninus.
Introductory Note 1909
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