Friday, March 17, 2006
This Day in Ancient History
On this day in 180 AD, the good Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus, Marcus Aurelius for short, dies at age 54 in Vindobona (Vienna). His son, Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus, Commodus for short, age 19, begins 12 years of pretty rotten rule.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 12:10 AM 
