The second-century A.D. world of Emperor Marcus Aurelius was in shambles. A great plague ravaged western Europe, as he embarked on a long and bloody war against the Germanic tribes along the Danube ...

Experts say the notorious emperor Commodus may have survived an assassination attempt inside this tunnel, which is now open ...

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Key points Marcus Aurelius, author of the "Meditations," is one of the principal sources of Roman Stoicism. As the Roman emperor, he had a rare chance to put philosophy into practice but had to deal ...

A once-hidden tunnel running into the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, will be open to the public by the end of October, authorities said. Built in the First and Second Centuries AD with the aid of horses, ...

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ISTANBUL, 18 April (BelTA - Anadolu) - A bronze statue of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, smuggled out of Türkiye in the 1960s through illegal excavations, has been officially returned to Türkiye, a ...

The newly restored underground corridor, once reserved for the emperor's hidden walk to his honor box, still bears clamps from lost marble panels and frescoes of wild boar hunts and mythic combat.

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 influence ...