Cultural References
The statue is depicted on the reverse of the Italian €0.50 euro coin, designed by Roberto Mauri.
A replica of the statue has been located on the campus of Brown University in the United States since 1908.
The statue was formerly clad in gold. An old local myth says that the statue will turn gold again on the Judgement Day.
Allegedly the Equestrian Statue of King George III of England which stood in New York City's Bowling Green until 1776 when it was thrown down and the lead turned into musket balls for George Washington's army was based upon the Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius.
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“The primary function of myth is to validate an existing social order. Myth enshrines conservative social values, raising tradition on a pedestal. It expresses and confirms, rather than explains or questions, the sources of cultural attitudes and values.... Because myth anchors the present in the past it is a sociological charter for a future society which is an exact replica of the present one.”
—Ann Oakley (b. 1944)