Was Marcus Aurelius as based as they make him up to be? He seems to have lacked the power-hunger that made other autocrats "Great".
Epicureanism > Stoicism (the Reddit of its day)
>>326390
I mean, I'm not an authority on his time as a ruler, but I know a lot of the love his because of his Meditations. Which is actually a fantastic philosophical work and makes stoicism really appealing.
>my feet hurt
>these normies party too loud
>I wish I was at home with my infinite nothingness
>>326390
The early Augusta were generally not as expansive as their republican forefathers. There's some exceptions but even these are minor. Augustus wanting Germania, Claudius Britain and Trajan Dacia. But most of them were more concerned with consolidating what they already had than expanding.
Marcus Aurelius was one of the emperors who wanted to make sure the Roman Empire remained stable for a long time.
>>326423
He is literally a reverse-Alcibiades.
>>326423
>pain is inevitable in life
>merely vibrating airwaves
>i'm content at this location
>>326390
He wasn't too bad, but appointing his son to be emperor fucked up everything. Meditations is fantastic, too.
>>326390
He's a cute
A CUTE
He was a competent crisis manager, and an okay student of stoics.
>>326967
Well, that wasn't really his fault.
His original heir died very late in his reign, and he was left with Commodus as the only other person who could theoretically take his place.
