Why We Still Read Marcus Aurelius’ <i>Meditations</i> Why We Still Read Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations. 6 minute read. Getty Images. Ideas. By Donald J. Robertson. March 6, 2024 7:00 AM EST.

Marcus Aurelius wrote Meditations while in the midst of a military campaign. At the end of Book II, he mentions Carnuntum, a military base on the Danube (near modern Vienna).

1800 years after his death, Marcus Aurelius is still being read and misunderstood. ... Why We Still Read Marcus Aurelius' Meditations. Donald J. Robertson. March 5, 2024 at 6:02 PM.

After the three Flavian emperors—Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian—came the “Five Good Emperors” of the Nerva-Antonine dynasty: Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and our man Marcus ...

Marcus Aurelius wanted to be a good ruler, but what is good governance? That question, which remains relevant to this day, was of great concern to him, as reflected in his "Meditations." ...

Marcus Aurelius was the Roman Emperor from March 7, 161, until his death on March 17, 180. He lived and died over 2,000 years ago, but his legacy lives on in “Mediations,” a series of twelve ...

Over 1,800 years ago, Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius wrestled with these same struggles, jotting down his thoughts in what became Meditations. Surprisingly, his reflections feel just as relevant today.

Emperor Marcus Aurelius, a philosopher-king and the last of Rome’s “Five Good Emperors,” ruled from 161 to 180 AD, ... As Aurelius writes in his Meditations, ...

Marcus Aurelius was the last of the Five Good Emperors, and a rare example of Plato's philosopher-king. In the latter years of his life, Marcus kept a private journal which has miraculously come ...