415, pagine
lingua English
Pubblicato il 25 Luglio 1953 da W. Heinemann, Harvard University Press.
together with his speeches and sayings The Loeb classical library

Marcus Aurelius: The communings with himself of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, emperor of Rome (1953, W. Heinemann, Harvard University Press)
415, pagine
lingua English
Pubblicato il 25 Luglio 1953 da W. Heinemann, Harvard University Press.
was born on April 26, A.D. 121. His real name was M. Annius Verus, and he was sprung of a noble family which claimed descent from Numa, second King of Rome. Thus the most religious of emperors came of the blood of the most pious of early kings. His father, Annius Verus, had held high office in Rome, and his grandfather, of the same name, had been thrice Consul. Both his parents died young, but Marcus held them in loving remembrance.