Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher

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Sixteen portraits of classical poets and thinkers. Drawing, c. 1789.

Galen summoned to the bedside of the emperor Antoninus (Marcus Aurelius?), where he disagrees with the three court physicians (left); to right are Pitholaus and Charilampus. Woodcut, 1541.

Éloge de Marc-Aurèle / [M. Thomas (Antoine Léonard)].

Hermanni Witsiī Aegyptiaca, et . Sive, de Aegyptiacorum sacrorum cum Hebraicis collatione libri tres et de decem tribubus Israelis liber singularis. Accessit diatribe de legione fulminatrice Christianorum, sub imperatore Marco Aurelio Antonino ... / [Herman Witsius].

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Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180

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Hermanni Witsiī Aegyptiaca, et . Sive, de Aegyptiacorum sacrorum cum Hebraicis collatione libri tres et de decem tribubus Israelis liber singularis. Accessit diatribe de legione fulminatrice Christianorum, sub imperatore Marco Aurelio Antonino ... / [Herman Witsius].