Ruler · 121 – 180

Marcus Aurelius

Lived 121 – 180; monarch, philosopher, politician, writer. Roman emperor of Ancient Rome, 161 – 180; also in the line of Roman Empire.

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Lived: 121 – 180; 59 years
In office: 19 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: died in office; Wikidata's manner of death

Roman emperor

Ancient Rome · the 776th of 845 dated reigns · 753 BCE – 480

772 before

Trajan98 – 117

Hadrian117 – 138

Antoninus Pius138 – 161

Marcus Aurelius161 – 180

Lucius Verus161 – 169

Commodus177 – 192

Pertinax192 – 193

66 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 161 – 180 · 19 years · came to it aged 40

Left it: died in officeWikidata's manner of death: natural causes; plague

Also in the line of Roman Empire (17th of 79).

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