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I've heard that the equestrian bronze statue of Marcus Aurelius in Rome survived because medieval people thought it was of Constantine, the first Christian emperor. How did they find out that it was really Marcus Aurelius?

by /u/TheSanityInspector in /r/AskHistorians

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