The newly restored underground corridor, once reserved for the emperor's hidden walk to his honor box, still bears clamps ...

Stoic philosophy has exerted an important influence on the history of ideas, including on the thought of Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Schopenhauer, Adam Smith, and J.S. Mill, who, in On Liberty (1859) ...

In the second century AD, Rome was ruled by the emperor Marcus Aurelius. Known as a Stoicism philosopher who did not favor the bloodshed of the Colosseum gladiator games, Marcus was known as the last ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- For nearly 30 years, a massive bronze statue thought to be of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius served as the centerpiece of the ancient Roman gallery at the Cleveland Museum of Art ...

Russell Crowe as Maximus in 'Gladiator' (2000). Ridley Scott’s 2000 film Gladiator was a sensational tale of honor and betrayal in the ancient Roman empire. In the film, Rome’s dying emperor Marcus ...

Key points Marcus Aurelius, author of the "Meditations," is one of the principal sources of Roman Stoicism. As the Roman emperor, he had a rare chance to put philosophy into practice but had to deal ...