Description: Archaios Numismatics __________________________________________ Description:Roman Bronze AS of Emporer Marcus Aurelius circa 178 A.D. Obverse: M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXXII: Bust of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, cuirassed, right Reverse: VOTA PVBLICA IMP VIIII COS III P P S C: Marcus Aurelius, veiled, togate, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over a tripod and holding scroll in left hand Mint: Rome Size: 24 mm Weight: 9.33 g Inventory: 1901.7 Ref: RIC 1236 Condition: gF/F. Scarce. As always, Use the Picture as your judge as grading is subjective. Note: Emperor Marcus Aurelius (26 April 121 – 17 March 180 AD) was called the Philosopher and was the emperor of Rome from 161 to 180 A.D.. He ruled the Roman Empire with his adoptive brother, Lucius Verus, until Lucius' death in 169. He was the last of the rulers traditionally known as the Five Good Emperors. He is also seen as the last emperor of the Pax Romana, an age of relative peace and stability for the Empire. Marcus' personal philosophical writings, often called Meditations, are a significant source of the modern understanding of ancient Stoic philosophy. They have been praised by fellow writers, philosophers, and monarchs – as well as by poets, generals, and politicians – centuries after his death. "Alone of the emperors," wrote the historian Herodian, "he gave proof of his learning not by mere words or knowledge of philosophical doctrines but by his blameless character and temperate way of life." Route to Emperor: Marcus' paternal great-grandfather was a senator, and Marcus' father was a praetor; both of these men, along with Marcus and his paternal grandfather, are believed to have been named Marcus Annius Verus. Marcus' mother and his maternal grandmother, both named Domitia Lucilla, were wealthy heiresses. After the death of his father in 124, Marcus was raised by his namesake grandfather and his maternal grandmother's step-father, Lucius Catilius Severus. As children from Roman aristocratic families often were, Marcus was educated at home. He later credited Catilius Severus for his education. His tutors included the artist Diognetus, who may have sparked his interest in philosophy, and Tuticius Proclus. Following the death of Emperor Hadrian's adopted son and heir, Lucius Aelius, Hadrian adopted Antoninus Pius, the husband of Marcus' aunt, in 138; Antoninus in turn adopted Marcus and the son of Aelius, Lucius Verus. Upon Hadrian's death later that year, Antoninus became emperor and Marcus and Lucius became joint heirs to the throne. Marcus was taught Greek by tutors who included Herodes Atticus and Latin by Marcus Cornelius Fronto; he kept in close correspondence with the latter, even as emperor. Marcus was introduced to the philosophy of Stoicism by Quintus Junius Rusticus and perhaps by philosophers such as Apollonius of Chalcedon. Also during his early years as heir, Marcus was made a quaestor and the symbolic head of the Roman equites (also known as the knight class). He was consul with Antoninus in 140 and 145–the year he married Antoninus' daughter Faustina the Younger, his own first cousin. Marcus took on more responsibilities of state as Antoninus grew older. In 161, he served as consul again with his adoptive brother Lucius (who had previously been quaestor in 153 and consul in 154); on 7 March of that year Antoninus died and they succeeded to the imperial throne. Excerpts from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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