Marcus Aurelius
It was in all likelihood erected in 176 AD, along with numerous other honors on the occasion of Marcus Aurelius' triumph over the Germanic tribes, or in 180 AD soon after his death. The statue is the only one to have survived to the present. Its location in the Lateran is first recorded in the tenth century. In 1538 Pope Paul II ordered the Farnese family to have the statue moved to the Capitoline Hill, which had become the head quarters of the city's authorities in 1143. A year after its arrival, the Roman Senate commissioned Michelangelo to refurbish the statue. The great Florentine artist did not just limit himself to planning an appropriate site for the monument, but made in central element in the magnificent architecutral complex known as the Piazza of the Capitoline Hill.
More information at: en.museicapitolini.org/
Marcus Aurelius
It was in all likelihood erected in 176 AD, along with numerous other honors on the occasion of Marcus Aurelius' triumph over the Germanic tribes, or in 180 AD soon after his death. The statue is the only one to have survived to the present. Its location in the Lateran is first recorded in the tenth century. In 1538 Pope Paul II ordered the Farnese family to have the statue moved to the Capitoline Hill, which had become the head quarters of the city's authorities in 1143. A year after its arrival, the Roman Senate commissioned Michelangelo to refurbish the statue. The great Florentine artist did not just limit himself to planning an appropriate site for the monument, but made in central element in the magnificent architecutral complex known as the Piazza of the Capitoline Hill.
More information at: en.museicapitolini.org/