Aurelius
Americannoun
noun
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Although its newly-developed AI-powered "TraceART" system was not involved in recovering the Marcus Aurelius statue, the tool helped identify two 16th-century Iznik tiles that were recovered from Britain this month.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
“The real Marcus Aurelius seems to be basically a Roman rather than a Stoic,” one historian wrote in 1969.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026
The denarii date from the late Roman Republic to the reign of Marcus Aurelius and his wife Faustina and were found at Barton Bendish, Norfolk.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2025
In “Gladiator,” the only named woman character beyond Maximus’ wife is Connie Nielsen’s Lucilla, the embattled daughter of Marcus Aurelius.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2024
Although most of the credit for my exoneration must be given to Dr. Aurelius, who apparently earned his naps by presenting me as a hopeless, shell-shocked lunatic.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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