Part two consists of a condemnation of five British kings, Constantine, Aurelius Conanus, Vortiporius, Cuneglas, and Maelgwn.

* Aurelius Conanus, legendary King of the Britons

Divine retribution for this transgression comes three years later when he is killed by his nephew Aurelius Conanus ( Gildas ' Aurelius Caninus ), precipitating a civil war.

In the 12th century Geoffrey of Monmouth adapted Gildas ' account for his chronicle Historia Regum Britanniae, and thereafter Aurelius Conanus was remembered as a legendary King of Britain.

Gildas discusses Aurelius Conanus in Chapter 30 of his work De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae, in a section in which he reproves five kings for their various sins.

Little else can be said of Aurelius Conanus with any certainty ; it is not even known in which part of Britain he ruled.

Geoffrey makes Aurelius Conanus the nephew to the previous king Constantine, whom he kills after a reign of only three years.

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As a mythical king in Geoffrey of Monmouth's treatment of the Matter of Britain, he was the successor of Aurelius Conanus and was succeeded by Malgo.

This act invokes the vengeance of God, and three years later Constantine is killed by his nephew Aurelius Conanus.

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The great column from which the square takes its name was erected by the Emperor Marcus Aurelius.

He was born as the only child of Titus Aurelius Fulvus, consul in 89 whose family came from Nemausus ( modern Nîmes ).

In this, the emperor was assisted by five chief lawyers: L. Fulvius Aburnius Valens, an author of legal treatises ; L. Volusius Maecianus, chosen to conduct the legal studies of Marcus Aurelius, and author of a large work on Fidei Commissa ( Testamentary Trusts ); L. Ulpius Marcellus, a prolific writer ; and two others.

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.

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.

A recently published inscription from Aphrodisias confirms that he was head of one of the Schools at Athens and gives his full name as Titus Aurelius Alexander.

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.

Jordanes and Aurelius Victor claim that Herennius Etruscus was killed by an arrow during a skirmish before the outset of the battle and that his father addressed his soldiers as if the loss of his son did not matter.

Diocletian was not the only challenger to Carinus ' rule: the usurper M. Aurelius Julianus, Carinus ' corrector Venetiae, took control of northern Italy and Pannonia after Diocletian's accession.

Alexandria, whose defense was organized under Diocletian's former corrector Aurelius Achilleus, held out until a later date, probably March 298.

The philosophy of Epictetus was an influence on the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius ( 121 to 180 AD ) whose reign was marked by wars with the resurgent Parthians in southern Asia and against the Germanic tribes in Europe.

In April 1800, through the introduction of Hungarian writer Ignaz Aurelius Fessler, he was initiated into Freemasonry in the Lodge Pythagoras of the Blazing Star where he was elected minor warden.

It is most likely that this was the same plague that struck Rome during Marcus Aurelius ’ reign.

The Antonine Plague was named after Marcus Aurelius ’ family name of Antoninus.

In his time, Galen's reputation as both physician and philosopher was legendary, the Emperor Marcus Aurelius describing him as " Primum sane medicorum esse, philosophorum autem solum " ( first among doctors and unique among philosophers Praen 14: 660 ).

According to Eutropius and Aurelius Victor, he was particularly energetic and successful in keeping off the Germanic invaders from the German provinces and Gaul, after the weakness caused by Valerian's march on Italy against Aemilianus in 253.

According to the Historia Augusta, an unreliable source compiled long after the events it describes, a conspiracy was led by the commander of the guard Aurelius Heraclianus and one Marcianus.

Elagabalus tried to have his presumed lover, the charioteer Hierocles, declared Caesar, while another alleged lover, the athlete Aurelius Zoticus, was appointed to the non-administrative but influential position of Master of the Chamber, or Cubicularius.

During the persecution of Marcus Aurelius, the Roman Emperor from 161-180, Irenaeus was a priest of the Church of Lyons.

In the reign of Marcus Aurelius, after disputing with the cynic philosopher Crescens he was denounced by the latter to the authorities, according to Tatian ( Address to the Greeks 19 ) and Eusebius ( HE IV 16. 7-8 ).

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.

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.

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.

Idealizing Marcus Aurelius, Romanos aspired to be a new " philosopher king ", and similarly desired to imitate the military prowess of Trajan.

At this point, the leading king among the Iazyges, Zanticus, made peace with Marcus Aurelius, yielding up, it is said, 100, 000 Roman captives.

Aurelius burns Vortigern in his castle and becomes king.

They deposed the country's leader, Mannus, and replaced him with their own nominee, who would remain in office until 165 .< ref > Birley, Marcus Aurelius, 130, 279 n. 38 ; " Hadrian to the Antonines ", 163, citing Prosopographia Imperii Romani < sup > 2 </ sup > M 169 .</ ref > ( The Edessene coinage record actually begins at this point, with issues showing Vologases IV on the obverse and " Wael the king " ( Syriac: W ' L MLK ') on the reverse ).

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.

In 166 CE the first Roman envoy ( s ) sent by " the king of Da Qin Roman Empire, Andun ( Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, r. 161-180 CE )", reached Luoyang after arriving by sea in Rinan Commandery in what is now central Vietnam.

Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator ( c. 485 – c. 585 ), commonly known as Cassiodorus, was a Roman statesman and writer, serving in the administration of Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths.

He says that Wortiporius succeeded Aurelius Conan, and after he was declared king, the Saxons rose against him and brought over their countrymen from Germany in a great fleet, but that these were defeated.

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.

Jiaozhi and Rinan commanderies in what is now northern Vietnam became the main point of entry to China from countries to the west as far away as the Roman Empire, as recorded in the Hou Hanshu: < p >" In the ninth Yanxi year Common Era | CE, during the reign of Emperor Huan, the king of Da Qin Roman Empire, Andun ( Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, r. 161-180 ), sent envoys from beyond the frontiers through Rinan.

Lucius Iulius ( Julius ) Aurelius Septimius Vabalathus Athenodorus ( 266-273 ) was a king of the Palmyrene Empire.

The new king, Aurelius ' brother Uther Pendragon, leads his armies against the Saxons and routs them in a surprise night attack.