In the first episode she looks behind the steely façade of famously philosophical, strong and masculine emperor Marcus Aurelius to discover a much more complicated, naïve, flirtatious and ...

What does a Roman Emperor know about self-discipline? A lot, as it turns out! In this video, we explore Marcus Aurelius’ ...

The Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius ruled from 161 to 180 AD, and developed a reputation for being the ideal wise leader Plato termed the "philosopher king." Marcus has remained relevant for 1,800 ...

The Stoic Roman emperor has become the exemplar ... We can perhaps trace the modern resurgence of interest in Marcus Aurelius ...

In his philosophical writings collected in "Meditations," Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote a passage portraying an inner dialogue one can imagine him having in his royal bed at the crack of dawn.

Its most brutal moment? Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) murdering his father, Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris). Aurelius chose Maximus (Russell Crowe) as his heir, crushing Commodus’ ego and ...

Rome, circa 209 A.D. Sixteen years after the demise of Emperor Marcus Aurelius and Maximus Decimus Meridius in Gladiator (2000), the Roman Empire is now ruled by the tyrannical Emperors Caracalla ...

Not everyone could enjoy their holidays, however. In 162 CE, Marcus Aurelius, then emperor of Rome, took four days of holiday at a resort in Alsium, a city on the coast of modern-day Italy.

This aphorism appears in Meditations, a collection of philosophical musings written by Marcus Aurelius, a 2nd century Roman emperor. Aurelius is considered one of the less tyrannical, even just ...