In addition, following Aurelius's death, the empire plunged into a period of civil war and instability. Marcus Aurelius’ reign (161—180 CE) was considered the end of a period of relative ...

As well as a military man, comfortable with brutal violence and relentless warfare, Marcus Aurelius was a writer and deep thinker. His Stoic philosophical jottings on life and death are now ...

180 AD - Pax Romana ends. The death of Marcus Aurelius marks the end of the remarkable period of Pax Romana, which Romanized the western world.

Authorities have seized an allegedly looted headless statue, believed to depict Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, from a museum in Cleveland, Ohio. The bronze art was taken earlier this month by New ...