Aurelian Aurelius

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~ AURELIAN  or
~ AURELIUS  MARCUS AURELIUS [#] or
            M AURELIUS ANTONINUS [#]
  also AURELIAN or " THE PHILOSOPHER "
  not to be confused with
  the Roman Emperor AURELIAN
  MARCUS AURELIUS the Emperor was born
  April 20th of 121 AD
  note another AURELIAN WHO WAS
       A SPECIALIST IN INSECTS or an
  EARLY ENTOMOLOGIST WHO STUDIED MOSTLY LEPIDOPTERA
  biol> ORGANISMS SO NAMED INCLUDE
        AURELIANASTER   AURELIANIA
  hx> MARCUS WAS A FAVORITE OF EMPEROR HADRIAN
      HIS POLITICAL CAREER AND ASCENT WERE DAZZLING
  140 AD AT THE AGE OF 19 HE BECAME A CONSUL AND
  147    HE SHARED THE TRIBUNATE
  161    HIS ADOPTIVE FATHER ANTONINUS PIUS DIED and
  THE ROMAN SENATE OFFERED HIM THE THRONE
  HADRIAN WISHED MARCUS TO BECOME EMPEROR
  THIS WAS ACHIEVED BY HADRIAN
  ADOPTING ANTONIUS PIUS WHO IN TURN
  ADOPTED MARCUS
  myth> GODDESS OF DAWN     see> EOS
  art> RUBENS [#] PAINTED AURORA INVITING
       CEPHALUS INTO HER CHARIOT
  note BUST of ANTONIUS PIUS and the SISTER OF HADRIAN
       MAUREIANA are on display in
  the Metropolitan Museum of Art along with that of
  the YOUTH ANTINOUS who was deeply loved by
  HADRIAN and ACCIDENTALY DROWNED IN THE RIVER NILE
  note that HADRIAN WAS SUSPECTED
       BUT NOT SCORNED FOR HIS PRESUMED HOMOSEXUAL
  RELATIONSHIP WITH ANTINOUS
  cont> in addenda under development  see> ~& AURELIAN
  hx> in contrast to the LENIENCY OF PREDECESSORS
      HADRIAN and PIUS MARCUS SHOWED GREAT SEVERITY
  AGAINST THE CHRISTIANS
  DURING HIS REIGN BISHOPS JUSTIN AT ROME AND
  POLYCARP AT SMYRNA BECAME MARTYRS
  IN GAUL MARCUS SENTENCED ALL CHRISTIANS TO DEATH
  note WHILE MARCUS WAS WISE AND
       HELD GREAT MORAL IDEAS and IDEALS
  HE FAILED TO ACT AGAINST THE DEPRAVITY OF
  HIS WIFE AND HIS SON COMMODUS
  cont> in addenda  see> ~& AURELIAN
  lit+ MARCUS AURELIUS IS MOSTLY KNOWN AS
       A STOIC PHILOSOPHER
  MOST OF HIS WORK IS LOST
  BEST KNOWN ARE HIS MEDITATIONS SHOWING
  A GENUINE PICTURE OF SELF EXAMINATION AND
  DISCIPLINE
  CITATIONS ARE GIVEN IN VARIOUS ENTRIES under [74]
  cont> in addenda under development  see> ~& AURELIAN
  id+ HIS IDEA WAS THAT ONLY STATES   see> MACHIAVELLI
      GOVERNED BY PHILOSOPHERS OR
  GUIDED BY A PHILOSOPHY COULD ACHIEVE HAPPINESS
  cont> in addenda under development  see> ~& AURELIAN
  hx> note id+ | AURELIAN RECOGNIZED
                 THE IMPENDING END
  OPEN CITIES thus OF CIVILIZED TRAVEL |
  AS ROMAN EMPEROR AURELIAN REALIZED THE
  GROWING MENACE POSED BY GERMANIC BARABARIANS
  ABOUT 271 AD THE IMPRESSIVE AURELIAN WALLS WERE
  ERECTED TO PROTECT ROME
  cont> in addenda under development  see> ~& AURELIAN