Marcus Aurelius, a Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher, ruled during a tumultuous period marked by conflict and plague. His ...

“Death smiles at us all.” – 🎬 Gladiator (2000) In Gladiator, this line is spoken by Marcus Aurelius — the wise emperor whose ...

Editors’ note: The following passage is excerpted from Book III of the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, translated by Aaron ...

Marcus Aurelius has been acknowledged as a sage. But his reign was marked as much by military affairs as it was by philosophy.

Archaeologists in Croatia have unearthed the remains of a 1,800-year-old watchtower that was erected to help the Romans defend the "limes" — the border along the Danube River that marked the frontier ...