Called the 'Philosopher Emperor' by Brownworth, he was the last and most famous of the Five Good Emperors. He broke the adoptive succession by leaving the empire to his own son Commodus rather than a trained heir — an understandable sentiment, Brownworth says, but one Rome would pay dearly for.
Also known as: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus · the Philosopher Emperor
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Called the 'Philosopher Emperor' by Brownworth, he was the last and most famous of the Five Good Emperors. He broke the adoptive succession by leaving the empire to his own son Commodus rather than a trained heir — an understandable sentiment, Brownworth says, but one Rome would pay dearly for.
“The so-called Philosopher Emperor, Marcus Aurelius, died in 180, leaving the empire”
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