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POLITICIAN

Marcus Aurelius

121 - 180

Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Latin: [ˈmaːrkʊs au̯ˈreːliʊs antoːˈniːnʊs]; English: aw-REE-lee-əs; 26 April 121 – 17 March 180) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher. He was a member of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty, the last of the rulers later known as the Five Good Emperors and the last emperor of the Pax Romana, an age of relative peace, calm, and stability for the Roman Empire lasting from 27 BC to 180 AD. He served as Roman consul in 140, 145, and 161. Marcus Aurelius was the son of the praetor Marcus Annius Verus and his wife, Domitia Calvilla. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcus Aurelius has received more than 16,205,072 page views. His biography is available in 98 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 97 in 2019). Marcus Aurelius is the 54th most popular politician (down from 35th in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Italy (down from 22nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Italian Politician.

Marcus Aurelius was the Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 AD. He is most famous for his Meditations, a series of personal writings that provide insight into his thoughts and actions.

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Among politicians, Marcus Aurelius ranks 54 out of 15,577. Before him are Franklin D. Roosevelt, Angela Merkel, Saddam Hussein, Boris Yeltsin, Nebuchadnezzar II, and Nikita Khrushchev. After him are Fidel Castro, Ahmed I, Martin Van Buren, Josip Broz Tito, Benjamin Franklin, and Mehmed the Conqueror.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 121, Marcus Aurelius ranks 1. Among people deceased in 180, Marcus Aurelius ranks 1. After him are Pausanias, Gaius, Aulus Gellius, Tatian, Polyaenus, Melito of Sardis, and Hegesippus.