SUMMARY Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus succeeded to power together in 161 CE, as the adopted heirs of Antonius Pius. At the start of their reign, Verus conducted a successful war against the ...

In new BBC Radio 4 series Being Roman, best-selling historian of the ... strong and masculine emperor Marcus Aurelius to discover a much more complicated, naïve, flirtatious and curiously anxious ...

What does a Roman Emperor know about self-discipline? A lot, as it turns out! In this video, we explore Marcus Aurelius’ Stoic philosophy and his powerful perspective on aligning your life’s ...