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Marcus Aurelius

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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was Roman Emperor from 161 to 180. He ruled with Lucius Verus as co-emperor from 161 until Verus' death in 169. He was the last of the "Five Good Emperors", and is also considered one of the most important Stoic philosophers. During his reign, the empire defeated a revitalized Parthian Empire; Aurelius' general Avidius Cassius sacked the capital Ctesiphon in 164. Aurelius fought the Marcomanni, Quadi, and Sarmatians with success during the Marcomannic Wars, but the threat of the Germanic Tribes began to represent a troubling reality for the empire. A revolt in the east led by Avidius Cassius failed to gain momentum and was suppressed immediately.

Marcus Aurelius' work Meditations, written in Greek while on campaign between 170 and 180, is still revered as a literary monument to a government of service and duty. It serves as an example of how Aurelius approached the Platonic ideal of a philosopher-king and how he symbolized much of what was best about Roman civilization.

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  • Cover of: Pensieri ; a cura di Antonia Marchiori ; note di Maria Luisa Gambato.

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  • Cover of: Les pensées de marc-Auréle
    First published in 1921 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable

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  • Cover of: Leven in het Heden: Overpeinzingen van een Romeinse keizer

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  • Cover of: Pensées pour moi-même, suivies du Manuel d'Epictète et du Tableau de Cébès

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  • Cover of: D. Imperatoris Marci Antonini Commentariorum quos sibi ipse scripsit libri xii, cum ...

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  • Cover of: De rebus suis, sive, De eis qu©Œ ad se pertinere censebat, libri XII: locis haud paucis repurgati, suppleti, restituti, versione insuper Latina nova, lectionibus item variis locisq, parallelis ad marginem adjectis, ac commentario perpetuo, explicati atque illustrati

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  • Cover of: Pensées de Marc-Aurèle
    First published in 1904 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable

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  • Cover of: Three wise men: extracts from the celebrated works of M. Aurelius Antoninus [sic], Francis Bacon and Benjamin Franklin.

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  • Cover of: Marcus Aurelius' Golden Book: Selections
    First published in 1900 1 edition — 1 previewable

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  • Cover of: M. Cornelii Frontonis et M. Avrelii Imperatoris Epistulae

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  • Cover of: Psychiatric Emergency Part 2 (Psychiatric Emergencies)

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  • Cover of: Psychiatric Emergency Part 3 (Psychiatric Emergencies)

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  • Cover of: Soliloques
    First published in 1998 1 edition in 1 language

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  • Cover of: The Spiritual Teachings of Marcus Aurelius

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  • Cover of: Wie soll man leben? Anton Cechov liest Marc Aurel.

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  • Cover of: The communings with himself of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Emperor of Rome: together with his speeches and sayings

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  • Cover of: Happiness (Illuminations)

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September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 21, 2019 Edited by JackBurton New date.
April 3, 2018 Edited by LeadSongDog merge authors
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import