SUMMARY Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus succeeded to power together in 161 CE, as the adopted heirs of Antonius Pius. At the start of their reign, Verus conducted a successful war against the ...

His Stoic philosophical jottings on life and death are now published under the ... in a villa outside Rome Before he was a war leader or a philosopher, the young Marcus Aurelius took lessons ...

Several forts were built at the site, first under the emperor Hadrian, and then under Marcus Aurelius ... invasion of Scotland and his plan for Rome to attempt, once again, to occupy the entirety ...