Marcus Aurelius

General, Maximus Decimus Meridias. His lone yearning is to return home from the fight to his significant other and child. He has been away for more than two years. Yet, tragically, things are not that simple for Maximus. The Emperor of Rome, Marcus Aurelius sits on his passing quaint little inn that he might want Maximus to guarantee that Rome comes back to open run the show. This implies taking impermanent control of the Empire until the Roman Senate can make some kind of breakthrough enough to…

On March 17, 180 the last of the Five Good Emperors passed away. I know that what Marcus Aurelius did for Rome will echo in eternity. I was lucky enough to meet him during the Parthian War, where I was his soldier. He was born on the 26 of April in 121. He rose through the ranks of Rome under the rule of Piua. He grew up in a distinguished, Spanish family. His grandfather was a consulate and was city prefect. Marcus was a very intellectual child and Hadrian took an interest in him. He had public…

of Marcus Aurelius Throughout art history there have been and endless amount of paintings, architecture and sculptures which symbolize each era, civilization and culture. The last few chapters have exposed us to eighteenth and nineteenth century art and history in Greece and Roman culture. Roman artists carried on the legacy left by artists of the Greeks; which gave them the groundwork to adapt new techniques joined with old. The piece which I chose is “Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius”,…

Emperor Commodus Born on the 31st of August, 161 AD, Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus, later known as Commodus, was the Roman Emperor from 180 AD to 192 AD. He was the first Emperor to succeed his blood father since since Titus succeeded Vespasian in 79, and was also the first Emperor to be born “in the purple”, which means he was born during his father’s reign. Commodus is largely considered one of the worser Emperors to have ruled the Roman Empire. Though he ruled for quite a…

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) was a Roman Emperor from about i'll say 161 to about 180. He is until this today still considered one of the most influential and important Stoic philosophers of history. This book from what I have seen is almost like a personal notebook or one could say a diary; hey were not intended to be for publication and along with that he called them a “Writing To Myself”. He died from what is believed to be cancer or a plague, furthermore going into the overall…

is a 2000 film industry achievement which stars the hero, Russel Crowe, as the unwavering Hispano-Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius. Joaquin Phoenix is the foe and stars as Commodus, the degenerate and goal-oriented child of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. The maturing Emperor is featured by veteran performing artist Richard Harris. Lucilla, little girl of the Emperor, is featured by Connie Nielsen who needs to oppose the perverted advances of Commodus and ensure her child against Commodus'…

So; insanity as the topic for a paper, should be pretty interesting as everything in our lives is in a sense insane. Insanity is a word that defines the very core of some individuals; it either results in a damaging of our souls or a clouding of our judgement. “Insanity; doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” –Albert Einstein. By definition every human is insane in their own sense; every human is innately insane it is just how we show it that defines us. Some…

everything that happens and that is has a reason, and a logical reason at that. In Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations (which were never meant to be kept, let alone read by anyone) he discusses many ideas that encapsulate stoicism. The three lines I have chosen are much too long to put them into a three-point-thesis. Stoicism, as described by Marcus Aurelius in Meditations covers the confusing practice that we call life. Marcus begins his analysis of people with this line addressing people of the…

Marcus Aurelius's book, The Meditations, depicts Marcus Aurelius writing to people he considered important, and the things he's learned from them throughout his life. These people include his family, his gods, and his fellow philosophers. (his father, and his Gods having the most written of them.) Throughout the book Aurelius states the characteristics he's gained, and prevented from gaining, from these people. I see it as a thank you letter to all these people for bettering himself throughout…

In his Meditations: Book 3: In Carnuntum, Marcus Aurelius presents a guide on how to live life in order to acknowledge own faith and accept inevitable death. Aurelius writes that eventually we all dies. He answers his own question on whether it is worth chasing eternal life. He states that eternal life is not worth it since there is no way from stopping our mind from deteriorating. The quality of eternal life would not be worth the chase. Aurelius writes that need to try to do the things we…