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Definition of Marcus Aurelius

1. 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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Literary usage of Marcus Aurelius

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Ancient Art by Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1872)
"Three busts of Lucius Verus, and as many of Marcus Aurelius of extraordinary beauty, especially one of each, larger than life, in the Borghese villa, ..."

2. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1911)
"The figures are well posed and grouped, in just the style that was current in the reigns of Marcus Aurelius and Commo- dus; a free and dramatic composition ..."

3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"He is the most perfect sovereign who has ever reigned.1 He was even superior to Marcus Aurelius, since he cannot be accused of weakness. ..."

4. The History of Christianity: From the Birth of Christ to the Abolition of by Henry Hart Milman (1840)
"CHRISTIANITY AND Marcus Aurelius THE PHILOSOPHER. THE virtue of Marcus Aurelius, the philosopher, was of a more lofty and vigorous character than that of ..."

5. The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley in Verse and Prose, Now First Brought by Robert Browning, W. Tyas Harden, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Harry Buxton Forman, William Groser (1880)
"Another of those sweet and gentle figures of adolescent youth in which the Greeks delighted. LII. Marcus Aurelius. A Statue of Marcus Aurelius which is ..."

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