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 ...

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Lucius Aurelius Commodus, born 161 C.E., was raised during the years of the Antonine Plague and appointed co-emperor by his father Marcus Aurelius in 177 C.E. when he was just 16 years old ...

“So, Marcus Aurelius is shown as kind of a stereotypical good emperor, somebody who embodies the values of the Roman Republic.” The real Marcus Aurelius ascended to power upon the death of his ...

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.

In A.D. 175, a courier presented the emperor Marcus Aurelius with a letter from the Roman Senate. The news was not good: Marcus had been betrayed by the military commander Avidius Cassius, who had ...

The Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius ruled from 161 to 180 A.D. and has maintained the reputation for being the ideal wise leader whom Plato called a "philosopher king." His book "Meditations" has ...

But of course, Marcus Aurelius was a product of his time, who grew up within the social structures of antiquity. "There was slavery, and not even Marcus Aurelius wanted to abolish it," said Reuter.