Marcus Aurelius

A Life

By: Frank McLynn

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Paperback | 10 August 2010 | Edition Number 1

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Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) is one of the great figures of antiquity who still speaks to us today, more than two thousand years after his death. His Meditations has been compared by John Stuart Mill to the Sermon on the Mount. A guide to how we should live, it remains one of the most widely read books from the classical world.

But Marcus Aurelius was much more than a philosopher. As emperor he stabilized the empire, issued numerous reform edicts, and defended the borders with success. His life itself represented the fulfillment of Plato's famous dictum that mankind will prosper only when philosophers are rulers and rulers philosophers.

Frank McLynn's Marcus Aurelius, based on all available original sources, is the definitive and most vivid biography to date of this monumental historical figure.

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Non-Fiction Biographies & True Stories Biographies Historical, Political and Military Biographies History Regional & National History European History Earliest Times to Present Day Ancient History to the Year 500

Illustrations	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Map: The Roman Empire during the Lifetime of Marcus Aurelius	p. xviii
Marcus Aurelius	p. 1
Map: The Eastern Provinces and Parthia	p. 118
Map: The Roman Empire's Northern Frontiers	p. 306
Stoicism	p. 538
The Reign of Antoninus Pius	p. 555
Solitude	p. 565
Bibliography	p. 568
Notes	p. 570
Index	p. 673
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