abc wednesday - M is for "Marcus Aurelius"

Marcus Aurelius ruled the Roman Empire from

161 to 180 AD; he was revered as a philosopher

king during his reign. This 11-foot bronze statue

(a copy—the original, erected in 176 AD, is indoors)

is in the Campidoglio on Rome's Capitoline Hill.

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