Marcus Aurelius (name)

Marcus Aurelius was a name used by men from the Roman Empire and afterwards. The earliest so called was the emperor Marcus Aurelius. It became widely spread following the Constitutio Antoniniana issued by emperor Caracalla in 212.

Ancient Rome[edit]

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, or simply Marcus Aurelius, emperor from AD 161 to 180
Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus, emperor from 177 to 192
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, nicknamed Caracalla, emperor from 198 to 217
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, nicknamed Elagabalus, emperor from 218 to 222
Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander, emperor from 222 to 235
Marcus Aurelius Claudius "Gothicus", emperor from 268 to 270
Marcus Aurelius Claudius Quintillus, emperor in 270
Marcus Aurelius Probus, emperor from 276 to 282
Marcus Aurelius Carus, emperor from 282 to 283
Marcus Aurelius Carinus, emperor from 283 to 285
Marcus Aurelius Numerianus, or Numerian, emperor from 283 to 284
Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus, or Maximian, emperor from 286 to 305
Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius, emperor from 306 to 312

Marcus Aurelius Cleander, freedman of Emperor Commodus
Marcus Aurelius Verrianus, prefect of Roman Egypt in 188
Marcus Aurelius Heraclitus, prefect of Roman Egypt in 215
Marcus Aurelius Epagatus, prefect of Roman Egypt in 224
Marcus Aurelius Zeno Januarius, prefect of Roman Egypt in 231
Marcus Aurelius Marius, Gallic emperor in 269
Marcus Aurelius Nigrinianus (anglicised Nigrinian), probably son of Emperor Carinus
Marcus Aurelius Sabinus Julianus, Roman usurper against emperor Carinus or Maximian
Marcus Aurelius Olympius Nemesianus, esteemed poet during the reign of the emperor Carus
Marcus Aurelius Valerius Romulus, son of the emperor Maxentius
Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator, formerly recorded as Marcus Aurelius Cassiodorus, Roman statesman and writer