Marcus Aurelius has been ... the book presents a dim view of human life. To understand "Meditations," we must first understand the role of philosophy in ancient life. While there was certainly ...

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As well as a military man, comfortable with brutal violence and relentless warfare, Marcus Aurelius was a writer and deep thinker. His Stoic philosophical jottings on life and death are now ...

The most famous ruler featured in the hoard is arguably the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius ... a coin of her own. Aurelius, ...

The newest coins date from about A.D. 175 during the reign of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius ... his "Meditations" and thoughts on Stoic philosophy. Adrian Marsden, a coin specialist at ...