Marble portrait of Marcus Aurelius, about 160-170

Excavated: House of Jason Magnus {Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica}

 

Marcus Annius Verus, born Rome AD 121, took the name Marcus Aelius Aurelius Verus after his adoption as a successor by Antoninus Pius. Although there were miitary setbacks and a widespread plague during his rule, Aurelius devoted himself to the Stoic philosophy and found time to write his 'Meditations'. He was deified after his death in AD 180.

 

Acquisition date

1861

 

Acquisition name

Excavated by Sir Robert Murdoch Smith and Cdr Edwin A Porcher

 

Registration number: 1861,1127.15

Sculpture 1464

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