Marcus Aurelius
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Although its newly-developed AI-powered "TraceART" system was not involved in recovering the Marcus Aurelius statue, the tool helped identify two 16th-century Iznik tiles that were recovered from Britain this month.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
“The real Marcus Aurelius seems to be basically a Roman rather than a Stoic,” one historian wrote in 1969.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
The subtext is text as Lucius delivers several speeches about “the dream of Rome” that he learned about at the knee of his grandfather, Marcus Aurelius.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024
In "Meditations," Marcus Aurelius, the prominent Stoic philosopher best known as an emperor of Rome, reflects on the pursuit of an authentic life.
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2024
He lifted the breadbox and took out a tiny volume bound in leather, and the gold tooling was almost completely worn away—The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius in English translation.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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