As emperor, he faced turbulent times that forced him to put his Stoic philosophy into practice. Marcus Aurelius was born on April 26, 121 AD in Rome into a wealthy senatorial family. He was probably ...

Early Christianity faced numerous challenges, both from external persecution and internal doctrinal disputes. Among the most ...

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but the story does center around Maximus (Russell Crowe), a Roman general who takes the blame for the murder of Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris, “Unforgiven”). After escaping an ...

Epictetus was born c. 50 CE at Hierapolis ... 5 CE–65 CE), Epictetus, and Emperor Marcus Aurelius (121-180 CE). Stoic ethics define virtue as living following logos. Epictetus asserted that humans are ...

Caesar’s adopted son and heir Octavian ultimately emerged victorious in the ensuing power struggles, and in 27 B.C.E., he took the new name Augustus and became Rome’s first emperor ... The death of ...

Moinuddin was born in 1141 CE in Sistan ... Many grand figures of the Roman Empire – statesmen such as Cicero and Seneca and the Emperor Marcus Aurelius – belonged to the philosophical system called ...

Cleveland Museum of Art A headless bronze statue that may depict the Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius will be repatriated to Turkey after an investigation determined that it had been ...