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 ...

In the middle of the second century CE, the most powerful man in the Western world sat in the legionary fortress of Carnuntum, by the River Danube, contemplating the fact that one day nobody would ...

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Timeless Lessons To Build Mental Toughness by Marcus Aurelius Audiobook is available with Audible. "Meditations" by Marcus ...

In this video, "7 Stoic Exercises for True Happiness," we delve into practical Stoicism techniques for achieving inner peace.

After the three Flavian emperors—Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian—came the “Five Good Emperors” of the Nerva-Antonine dynasty: Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and our man Marcus Aurelius (d. 180 ...

Marcus Aurelius has been read for 1800 or so years now and he's arguably just as relevant today as he was when he was ruler of the Roman Empire. Aurelius, the ruler of the Roman Empire for almost two ...