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Marcus Aurelius

121 CE – 180 CE · 59 years

The emperor who never wanted the throne — Stoic philosopher, frontier warrior, and the last ruler of Rome's golden age. A first-person ePub told in Marcus Aurelius's own voice.

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Landmark

Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Finno-Ugric taiga hunter-gatherers

Attested 2000 BCE – 1200 CE

Trade route

Silk Road Southern Branch

200 BCE – 1450 CE

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Nagarjuna

150 CE – 250 CE

Landmark

Lake Issyk-Kul

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Yueban

Attested 100 CE – 400 CE

Landmark

Pamir Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

Landmark

Kolsai Lakes

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 121 CE and 180 CE.

122 CE Hadrian's Wall 125 CE Pantheon 132 CE Bar Kokhba Revolt 166 CE Marcomannic Wars

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Hadrian's Wall Landmark · Europe 122 CE – still standing Qataban Polity · Middle East 800 BCE – 150 CE Mesoamerican Trade Network Trade route · Americas 1200 BCE – 1521 CE Jewish–Roman Wars Conflict · Middle East 66 CE – 135 CE Pantheon Landmark · Europe 125 CE – still standing Meroe Polity · Middle East 500 BCE – 400 CE
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