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> ## Key Takeaways
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> - The Column of Marcus Aurelius was completed in 193 AD to commemorate the emperor’s campaigns during the Marcomannic Wars.
> - Standing 39.7 meters (130 feet) tall in Rome’s Piazza Colonna, the column is wrapped in a spiraling frieze that visually narrates Aurelius’ military victories.
> - Restoration work in 2025 used lasers to clean the column’s marble, revealing fresh detail from a monument that has stood for nearly two millennia.
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> ![](https://m.stacker.news/123225)
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> **[🔗 visualcapitalist.com](https://www.visualcapitalist.com/statuegraphic-the-epic-battles-of-roman-emperor-marcus-aurelius/)**

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