Roman Emperor's Part 7 Marcus Aurelius

Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius

The book is about 10 of the greatest Roman emperors, starting with Augustus Caesar and ending with the emperor who led to the collapse. I wanted to read about Rome because I loved visiting Italy and learning about Italian history, especially the Roman Republic/Empire. The Roman Empire has a slight relevance to Catholicism, in particular, which is very enlightening because that’s the religion I was brought up in.

Marcus Aurelius was the only Emperor of his type with a unique and rare trait of having written a book and a particularly famous statue in Rome. He was born in the second century after the Birth of Christ. He was born into the Spanish Mafia like a few other Roman Emperor’s. Marcus Aurelius was a unique emperor, was Spanish and was intrenched in Greek Philosophy.

Marcus Aurelius was born on April 26, 121. Marcus Aurelius was part of the Spanish Mafia, which emperor’s included Trajan and Hadrian. Many Romans lost there fathers early on in life and Marcus was one of these Roman’s. Marcus’s mother was extremely rich and was a noble. Marcus’s mother could read Greek and Latin. Marcus learned a lot from his mother and lived on her estate through his mid-teens.

Marcus Aurelius was a different kind of Emperor than all the other Roman Emperors, he was unique and different than every other Roman Emperor. He wrote his own book which few other Roman Emperor’s did and has a famous statue that millions of tourists see each year. None of the written material that was written by Roman Emperor’s other than Caesar’s stuff and the Emperor Julian has any surviving fragments today. He was the most philosophical king in the history of Western History records. Marcus lived and breathed the philosophy of stoicism. Marcus lived and breathed some of Hadrian’s ideas.

Marcus took what Hadrian’s ideas and theories represented and put them into practice. He increased Rome’s reliance on Greek culture, making Rome even more Greek like then Rome was under Hadrian, and he also started a major turnaround of Rome. Marcus increased persecutions of Christians and increased differences between classes.  Marcus could be harsh in his rule of Rome, and he bears some reasonability for the persecution of Christians’. Marcus’s mother was extremely rich and was a noble. Marcus’s mother could read Greek and Latin and Marcus spent much time with his mother.

Marcus Aurelius gained a lot from Hadrian’s work and was entrenched in Greek Philosophy even more so than his predecessor Hadrian. He was somewhat harsh and was partially responsible for the Persecution of Christians.  Marcuse’s mother was extremely rich, was a noble and could read Greek and Latin which was rare at this time. Marcus Aurelius was a unique and Special Roman Emperor with some good and bad traits but was mostly know for his immersion and pushing of Greek culture.