An archaeological dig in eastern France revealed the remnants of a five-foot-high equestrian statue that likely overlooked a ...

This equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius is one of only two surviving bronze statues of a pre-Christian Roman emperor. Source: Pixabay/StevoLeBlanc Stoic philosophy has exerted an important ...

When Marcus Aurelius died on March 17, 180, at age 58, a victim of the plague, he left behind an indelible mark. His writings have intrigued heads of state from Prussia’s Frederick the Great to ...

In the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius, which crowns the platform of the Campidoglio, Imperial Rome lives again. . . . . In this figure we behold an emperor, ...

The Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius in Rome. The Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius ruled from 161 to 180 AD, and developed a reputation for being the ideal wise leader Plato termed the ...

The equestrian statue at the Capitol charms us by the pure image which it presents ... after the style of the stoics, and a kind of cosmic pantheism. . . . Marcus Aurelius is therefore no free ...

Marcus Aurelius, 121 to 180 AD, has long been known as a model of the philosopher king, ... The image above shows part of a bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius. With .

While it might be tempting to think of Marcus Aurelius (AD121-80) as a philosopher-king, it would be a mistake. Marcus was a philosophically inclined Roman emperor, but not a philosopher-king in ...

This equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius is one of only two surviving bronze statues of a pre-Christian Roman emperor. Source: Pixabay/StevoLeBlanc Stoic philosophy has exerted an important ...