Marco Aurelio Antonino (121-180Â d. C.), filósofo y emperador de Roma, y la peste de Galeno

On the other hand, there is a general agreement among historians, biographers and researchers that the philosopher emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 AD was affected by the infection in the epidemic wave of 164-165 AD. The death of Marcus Aurelius occurred on March 17 in the year 180 AD, in Vindobonne, or perhaps Sirminium (near to Vienna). Many authors propose that the cause of the emperor's death was the same epidemic. We consider that it is not possible to demonstrate any of those speculative diagnoses. Finally, the epidemic of 189-190 AD, that we have named of Commodus, was probably a different disease to the Galen's plague. There were several kinds of animals affected (anthropozoonoses). In this sense, this infection resembles more the previous Athens plague (430 BC) or the epidemic of Justinian (552 AD) than that of Galen's.