Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

/ (ˈmɑːkəs ɔːˈriːlɪəs ˌæntəˈnaɪnəs) /

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original name Marcus Annius Verus. 121–180 ad, Roman emperor (161–180) noted particularly for his Meditations, propounding his stoic view of life

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Put simply, a scientific consensus has yet to emerge, and Marcus ignored the ongoing debate.
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Marcus is citing a 2012 study from Duke University researchers published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Marcus and Farringdon's pure badger, two shillings—gilt-edged badger half-a-crown.
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Marcus Aurelius was a very useful spring to the vast machine of the Roman Empire.
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Of the daughters, Terentia Minor married Marcus and became the mother of two children.
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The confusion in this direction is well illustrated by the name of the famous Marcus Junius Brutus.
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There were mothers then, as well as in the times of the Gracchi; there were wives as noble as the wife of Marcus Brutus.
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