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Aurelius and Ambrosius
Aurelius Ambrosius, better known in English as Saint Ambrose ( c. 330 – 4 April 397 ), was an archbishop of Milan who became one of the most influential ecclesiastical figures of the 4th century.
His father was Aurelius Ambrosius, the praetorian prefect of Gaul ; his mother was a woman of intellect and piety.
Ambrosius Aurelianus, ; called Aurelius Ambrosius in the Historia Regum Britanniae and elsewhere, was a war leader of the Romano-British who won an important battle against the Anglo-Saxons in the 5th century, according to Gildas.
Ambrosius Aurelianus appears in later pseudo-chronicle tradition beginning with Geoffrey's Historiae Regum Britanniae with the slightly garbled name Aurelius Ambrosius, now presented as son of a King Constantine.
Mary Stewart's The Crystal Cave follows Geoffrey of Monmouth in calling him Aurelius Ambrosius and portrays him as the father of Merlin, the elder brother of Uther ( hence uncle of Arthur ), an initiate of Mithras, and generally admired by everyone except the Saxons.
Hengist continues that Vortigern's subjects threaten Vortigern and say that they will bring over Aurelius Ambrosius from Armorica to depose Vortigern and make Aurelius king.
In chapter III, Hengist is struck with terror after hearing that Aurelius Ambrosius had rallied the Britons and burned Vortigern alive in a tower, " for he dreaded the valour of Aurelius.
Geoffrey's composite Merlin is based primarily on Myrddin Wyllt, also called Merlinus Caledonensis, and Aurelius Ambrosius, a mostly fictionalised version of the historical war leader Ambrosius Aurelianus.
When he included the prophet in his next work, Historia Regum Britanniae, he supplemented the characterisation by attributing to him stories about Aurelius Ambrosius, taken from Nennius ' Historia Brittonum.
He keeps this new figure separate from Aurelius Ambrosius, and to disguise his changing of Nennius, he simply states that Ambrosius was another name for Merlin.
In the first, Merlin creates Stonehenge as a burial place for Aurelius Ambrosius.
The fifth-century king Aurelius Ambrosius wished to erect a memorial to 3, 000 nobles slain in battle against the Saxons and buried at Salisbury, and at Merlin's advice chose Stonehenge.
* April 4 – Aurelius Ambrosius, bishop of Milan
* Aurelius Ambrosius, bishop of Milan ( approximate date )
Some modern scholars suggest that Gildas ' text implies that Aurelius Ambrosius was the Briton leader at Badon.
He excoriates his fellow Britons for their sins, while at the same time lauding heroes such as Aurelius Ambrosius, whom he is the first to describe as a leader of the resistance to the Saxons.
Uther and his other brother Aurelius Ambrosius, still children, flee to Brittany.

Aurelius and is
Again, Henley's attitude of defiance which colors his ideal of self-mastery is far from characteristic of a Stoic thinker like Marcus Aurelius, whose gentle acquiescence is almost Christian, comparable to the patience expressed in Milton's sonnet on his own blindness.
Inevitably, the surviving evidence is not complete enough to determine whether one should interpret, with older scholars, that he wisely curtailed the activities of the Roman Empire to a careful minimum, or perhaps that he was uninterested in events away from Rome and Italy and his inaction contributed to the pressing troubles that faced not only Marcus Aurelius but also the emperors of the third century.
In both he is called " Aurelius " for short.
One such poem with insight to the reasons of his parting with " Lesbia " is poem 11, which is addressed to his companions Furius and Aurelius and requests them simply to pass a farewell insult to Lesbia.
It is most likely that this was the same plague that struck Rome during Marcus Aurelius ’ reign.
According to Long, " the importance of Heraclitus to later Stoics is evident most plainly in Marcus Aurelius.
Seeing that he is being pursued by Aurelius and, realizing the town will not hold against Aurelius, Hengist refuses to enter the town, but rather assembles his men, and orders them to make a stand, " for he knew that his whole security now lay in his sword.
The Dialogue is a later work than the First Apology ; the date of composition of the latter, from the fact that it was addressed to Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, and Lucius Verus his adopted sons, must fall between 147 and 161.
Marcus Aurelius ' Stoic tome Meditations, written in Greek while on campaign between 170 and 180, is still revered as a literary monument to a philosophy of service and duty, describing how to find and preserve equanimity in the midst of conflict by following nature as a source of guidance and inspiration.
It is clear that there was certainly a sense from the public of disgust at his reign, as his body was dragged through the streets, stripped naked until it was left beneath Marcus Aurelius ’ s statue in front of the Lateran Palace.
Born Varius Avitus Bassianus on May 16, 205, known later as M. Aurelius Antonius, he was appointed at an early age to be priest of the sun God, Elagabalus, represented by a phallus, by which name he is known to historians ( his name is sometimes written " Heliogabalus ").
* Marcus Aurelius is named Caesar.
* November 20 – Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus, age 39, is proclaimed new emperor.
* Legio II Italica is levied by emperor Marcus Aurelius.
* Marcus Aurelius creates four legal districts ( iuridici ) in Italy ( 5 if Rome is included ).
* Commodus, son of Marcus Aurelius and his wife Faustina, is named Caesar.
* Lucius Septimius Bassianus ( Caracalla ), age 7, changed his name to Marcus Aurelius Antoninus to solidify connections with the family of Marcus Aurelius and is given the title Caesar.

Aurelius and Aurelianus
In Stephen R. Lawhead's Pendragon Cycle, Aurelianus ( most often referred to as " Aurelius ") figures prominently, along with his brother Uther, in the second book of the series, Merlin.
To these men must be added Marcus Aurelius Aurelianus ( the future emperor Aurelian ) and Marcus Aurelius Probus ( another emperor in waiting ), both men of Balkan background, and from families enfranchised in the time of Caracalla.
Geoffrey makes Aurelianus ( whom he calls Aurelius Ambrosius ) a king of Britain, an older brother of Uther Pendragon, the father of King Arthur, thus relating Aurelianus and Arthur.
Ambrosius Aurelianus ( also sometimes referred to as Aurelius Ambrosius ) was a powerful Romano-British leader in Britain.
He was defeated and killed with great difficulty ; 7, 000 soldiers were killed during this revolt ( Aurelius Victor xxxv 6 ; Historia Augusta, Aurelianus, xxxviii 2-4 ).
Later, Vortigern is deposed by the rightful King of the Britons, Aurelius Ambrosius ( the historical Ambrosius Aurelianus ) and Hengist is captured and later executed.

Aurelius and mentioned
They were mentioned by Julius Caesar in his treatise, The Gallic Wars, and by 391 BC, they were written about by Roman Consul, Quintus Aurelius Symmachus, who received seven of them, " canes Scotici ", as a gift to be used for fighting lions, bears, that in his words, " all Rome viewed with wonder ".
Geoffrey also includes Aurelius Ambrosius, another figure mentioned in the Historia, as a king in his own right, and also includes other characters such as Vortimer and Bishop Germanus of Auxerre.
The name of the river was mentioned for the first time in 170, when Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote his Meditations at the Hron () river.
* Marcus Aurelius ( M. f .) Scaurus, a quaestor mentioned by Cicero.
* Gaius Aurelius L. f. L. n. Orestes, an orator mentioned by Cicero.
The Lacringi were a Germanic tribe mentioned for their role in the Marcomannic Wars conducted by the peoples along the Danube against the emperor, Marcus Aurelius.

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