Marcus Aurelius

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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1. When was Marcus Aurelius born?April 26, 121 AD
2. When did Marcus Aurelius die?March 17, 180 AD (age 58)
3. Where was Marcus Aurelius born?Rome, Italy
4. What is the family?Married Faustina the Younger; father of Commodus, his successor
5. Who was Marcus Aurelius?Marcus Aurelius was a Roman emperor who ruled from 161 to 180 AD. He was also a philosopher who loved to write about how to be a good person.
6. What are the Meditations?The Meditations are a private journal written by Marcus Aurelius in Greek. They contain his thoughts on being kind, brave, and calm during hard times.

Stoicism: A Hellenistic philosophy that emphasizes virtue, reason, and self-control as the path to a flourishing life.
Pax Romana: A prolonged period of relative peace and minimal expansion experienced by the Roman Empire from 27 BC to 180 AD.
Marcomannic Wars: A series of conflicts fought by the Roman Empire against Germanic tribes along the Danube frontier during Marcus Aurelius's reign.