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- Born: 121
- Birth name: Marcus Annius Catilius Severus
- Served as co-emperor with Lucius Verus
- Adopted by Antoninus Pius
- Married his maternal cousin, Pius' daughter
- Meditations: Approximately 66,000 wordsGlyn Hughes' Squashed Philosophers: The Condensed Edition of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations
- Died: 180
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Marcus Aurelius was a Roman emperor, as well as a Stoic philosopher. His death in 180 marked the end of a period of Roman prosperity that had lasted for almost a century.UNRV: Five Good Emperors
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius kept a journal from 170 until his death in 180. This journal, containing the emperor's private thoughts about life and death, was first published in 1558. An edition reissued in 2002 was on The New York Times bestseller list for two weeks.Quotes
"Do not consider life a thing of any value. For look to the immensity of time behind thee, and to the time which is before thee, another boundless space. In this infinity then what is the difference between him who lives three days and him who lives three generations?"—Marcus AureliusReligion Online: Nature and Purpose"Is any man afraid of change? Why what can take place without change? What then is more pleasing or more suitable to the universal nature? And canst thou take a bath unless the wood undergoes a change? And canst thou be nourished, unless the food undergoes a change? And can anything else that is useful be accomplished without change? Dost thou not see then that for thyself also to change is just the same, and equally necessary for the universal nature?"—Marcus AureliusInternet Classics Archive(MIT): The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature."—Marcus AureliusQuoteWorld: Marcus Aurelius
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Marcus Aurelius Timeline
- 121: Born in Rome.
- 129: Emperor Hadrian makes Marcus Aurelius a priest.
- 138: Is adopted by Emperor Antoninus Pius.
- 145: Marries Faustina the Younger on May 13.
- 161: Becomes co-emperor of Rome with Lucius Verus.
- 161: Commodus is born.
- 169: Lucius Verus dies, leaving Marcus Aurelius sole emperor.
- 180: Dies on March 17.
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