Marcus Aurelius in love
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Other Authors / Creators: | Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180. Correspondence. Fronto, Marcus Cornelius. Richlin, Amy, 1951- |
Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
Imprint: | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006. |
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Online Access: | Available in ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete. |
Summary: | In 1815 a manuscript containing one of the long-lost treasures of antiquity was discovered--the letters of Marcus Cornelius Fronto, reputed to have been one of the greatest Roman orators. But this find disappointed many nineteenth-century readers, who had hoped for the letters to convey all of the political drama of Cicero's. That the collection included passionate love letters between Fronto and the future emperor Marcus Aurelius was politely ignored--or concealed. And for almost two hundred years these letters have lain hidden in plain sight. |
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Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-162) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780226713021 (online) 9781281966322 (online) |
Author Notes: | Aurelius was dovoted to the Stoic philosophy. Meditations, his spiritual reflections, is considered a classic work of stoicism. Written in Greek, the work comprises of twelve books and records his innermost thoughts. Meditations is his only surviving work. Aurelius died in 180 while prosecuting war against the Marcomanni who lived along the northern limits of the Roman Empire. After his death Aurelius was idealized as the perfect emperor whose reign contrasted sharply with the disastrous period before him and the reigns that followed. (Bowker Author Biography) |