Wise statements like this can be found in the "Meditations" of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD). He had never intended these reflections for publication, having written them purely for ...

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 ...

Philosopher emperor Clean, close shaveSculpted around A.D. 139, when he was about 18 years old, this marble sculpture of Marcus Aurelius is clean-shaven, unlike many of his more famous depictions.

Wise statements like this can be found in the "Meditations" of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (121-180 C.E.). He had never intended these reflections for publication, having written them purely for ...

Emperor Marcus Aurelius, a philosopher-king and the last of Rome’s “Five Good Emperors,” ruled from 161 to 180 AD, known for his wisdom, military campaigns, and his Stoic reflections in ...

Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig." Wise statements like this can be found in the "Meditations" of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (121-180 C.E.).