This equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius is one of only two surviving bronze statues of a pre-Christian Roman emperor. Source: Pixabay/StevoLeBlanc Stoic philosophy has exerted an important influence ...

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121–180 C.E.) was a great leader and stoic philosopher whose words ring as true today as they did during his short tenure of antiquity. He served as the 16th Roman Emperor ...

Translated by GEORGE LONG. London : Bell & Daldy. REVIEWS AND LITERARY NOTICES. DULNESS is usually reckoned the prescriptive right of kings; at least, they are supposed to be officially incapable of ...

In his masterpiece, the Republic, Plato argues that the just state is ruled by the ones who know the Good, and at the top is the philosopher-king, a man born and quite literally bred to rule. While it ...

The second-century A.D. world of Emperor Marcus Aurelius was in shambles. A great plague ravaged western Europe, as he embarked on a long and bloody war against the Germanic tribes along the Danube ...

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 ...