Reign of Marcus Aurelius
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The reign of Marcus Aurelius began with his accession on 7 March 161 following the death of his adoptive father, Antoninus Pius, and ended with his own death on 17 March 180. Marcus first ruled jointl
Bust, Art Institute of Chicago
Marble statue of Marcus Aurelius in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen
Lucius Verus, Aurelius' co-emperor from 161 to Verus' death in 169, British Museum
Bust of Marcus Aurelius from Probalinthos, Attica, Greece, c. 161 AD, now in the Louvre, Paris
The Roman–Parthian War of 161–166 was fought between the Roman and Parthian Empires over Armenia and Upper Mesopotamia. It concluded in 166 after the Romans made successful campaigns into Lower Mesopo
Busts of the co-emperors Marcus Aurelius (left) and Lucius Verus (right), British Museum
Antioch from the southwest (engraving by William Miller after a drawing by H. Warren from a sketch by Captain Byam Martin, R.N., 1866)
The Euphrates river near Raqqa, Syria
Lucius Verus' apotheosis from Ephesus (the so-called Parthian Monument; today in Ephesos Museum in Wien).