9 events with tag "Marcus Aurelius"
161
ID: 4024
Marcus Aurelius becomes emperor - philosopher-emperor, rules jointly with Lucius Verus
ID: 4024
165
ID: 4834
Justin Martyr martyred in Rome - Beheaded with six companions under Marcus Aurelius for refusing to sacrifice to gods
ID: 4834
166
ID: 4115
St. Anicetus martyred - eleventh pope, met with Polycarp about Easter controversy, died under Marcus Aurelius
ID: 4115
170
ID: 4026
Marcus Aurelius writes Meditations - Stoic philosophy written during Germanic wars
ID: 4026
170
ID: 5435
Marcus Aurelius drinks only water - Stoic emperor rejects wine as weakness, sets ascetic example
ID: 5435
175
ID: 4142
Athenagoras writes Plea for Christians - philosophical defense addressed to Marcus Aurelius, refutes charges of atheism and immorality
ID: 4142
177
ID: 4027
Marcus makes Commodus co-emperor - breaks adoptive principle, chooses biological son
ID: 4027
177
ID: 4117
St. Pothinus martyred at 90 - first bishop of Lyon, died in prison from torture during Marcus Aurelius persecution
ID: 4117
180
ID: 4028
Death of Marcus Aurelius - dies of plague at Vindobona, end of Pax Romana
ID: 4028