Who truly was the greatest Roman emperor of all time? From Augustus, the founder of imperial Rome, to Constantine XI, the last defender of Constantinople, this ranking explores the leaders who defined ...

Marcus Aurelius wrote Meditations as private notes during military campaigns nearly 2,000 years ago. The book is now one of ...

Incorporating new material, British historian White has revised and expanded his 2006 life of Aurelian (r., A.D. 270-275), one of the ablest of the long line of emperors who followed Augustus. White ...

The exceedingly rare head of a statue that has recently been discovered Bulgaria is believed to be that of the Roman Emperor Aurelian. The head was recovered in what was once the ancient Roman colony ...

A bronze statue of a Roman emperor on horseback. Where it is from: Rome, Italy. When it was made: Circa A.D. 1 ...

An actual historical figure who appears in "Gladiator" is Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, whose real-life reign had some major differences from the movie.

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered an extremely rare marble head depicting the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. The head, which shows the emperor with wavy hair and a beard, was discovered in the ...

A headless bronze statue, believed to depict Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, has belonged to the Cleveland Museum of Art for nearly 40 years. But soon, the artifact will be in New York where ...