Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius is often quoted online for answers. This once-powerful man would have preferred to be a philosopher."Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever ...

“Marcus Aurelius was hardly a perfect emperor,” she elaborated. “He seems, based on his own writings, to have been a thoughtful person and somebody who was deeply interested in philosophy.

What were Marcus Aurelius' rules for life? His self-help classic has the answers. Despite being written for his eyes only, the philosopher emperor's private journal, Meditations, has now been read ...

In South Moravia, Czechia, archaeologists have found a bronze fragment from a Roman wrist purse which dates back 1,800 years, ...

06/08/2025 June 8, 2025. How do you keep calm in times of crisis? What do people need to be happy? Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius is often quoted online for answers.

The Ridley Scott sequel Gladiator II weaves in and out of the historical record. Here’s what really happened to Lucius Verus, Lucilla, Macrinus, the twin emperors, and more.

Another real-life Roman emperor, Commodus, the demented son of the esteemed Marcus Aurelius, was portrayed by Christopher Plummer in 1964’s The Fall of the Roman Empire and, more famously, by ...

An archaeological dig in eastern France revealed the remnants of a five-foot-high equestrian statue that likely overlooked a ...