Palatine Museum, Museo Palatino, portrait of Marcus Aurelius as a young man, Antonine period (AD 138-192), from the Palatine, area of San Teodoro

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Portrait of Marcus Aurelius as a young man, Antonine period (AD 138-192), from the Palatine, area of San Teodoro. Marcus Aurelius (/ɑːˈriːliəs/ or /ɑːˈriːljəs/;[1] Latin: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus; 26 April 121 – 17 March 180) was a Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good Emperors, and the last emperor of the Pax Romana, an age of relative peace and stability for the Roman Empire. He served as Roman consul in 140, 145, and 161.

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Size: 3713px × 5569px
Location: Palatine Museum on Palatine Hill, Via di San Gregorio, Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy
Photo credit: © Rubens Alarcon / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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