Dry bones rattle a lonely soul Slipped and fell into a deep black hole I can tell you are lost, I’m here for you Wildfires ...

“We don’t have quite that kind of reflection from any other Roman emperor ... Mary at the Marcus Aurelius statue Amy Richlin from UCLA is writing a book on these early letters from the ...

Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2011. Pp. iv, 248. Illus., diagr., notes, biblio., index. $65.00. ISBN: 0807834610.

In his philosophical writings collected in "Meditations," Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote a passage portraying an inner dialogue one can imagine him having in his royal bed at the crack of dawn.