PHIL 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Stoicism, Epicureanism
22 Mar 2017
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Marcus aurelius is a roman emperor, one of the longest serving emperors. When his father, pius, died, marcus aurelius was forty. He didn"t like politics, already served as a consul, but was forced to become an emperor. He retaliated by making his younger brother, lucius verus, co-emperor. They faced war in parthia right away. When they returned to rome in triumph in 166, they brought plague which swept through the city for years to come. Soon the tribes along the danube river rebelled, and marcus aurelius spent most of his reign around there. Interestingly enough, even though he was absentee emperor, he was actually quite popular in rome. Marcus aurelius got along with his army so he was a very smart general. He was known to keep rome safe. He even auctioned of his furniture and personal jewelry to pay for the incessant wars.
