Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 83. Chapters: Marcus Aurelius, Trajan, Hadrian, Commodus, Antoninus Pius, Antinous, Lucius Verus, Aelia Capitolina, Emperorship of Marcus Aurelius, Gladiator, Hadrian's Wall, Bar Kokhba revolt, The Fall of the Roman Empire, Historical deviations in Gladiator, Antonine Wall, Aurelia, Meditations, Kitos War, Nerva-Antonine dynasty, Tropaeum Traiani, Antonine Itinerary, Antonine Plague, Annia Faustina, Marcus Aurelius Cleander, Marcia, Faustina the Younger, Faustina the Elder, Avidia Plautia, Claudius Pompeianus, Lucilla, Lucius Aelius, Ceionia Fabia, Agaclytus, Memoirs of Hadrian, Marcus Annius Libo, Quintus Aemilius Laetus, Tigidius Perennis, Ulpia, Domitia Lucilla, Bruttia Crispina, Marcus Annius Verus, Annia Cornificia Faustina Minor, Fadilla, Narcissus, Panhellenion, Titus Aurelius Fulvus, Ceionia Plautia, Athenaeum, Annia Aurelia Galeria Faustina, Sextus Attius Suburanus, Publius Atilius Aebutianus, Lucius Caesennius Antoninus, Lucius Junius Caesennius Paetus, Marcus Annius Verus Caesar, Taurobolic Altar, Temple of Marcus Aurelius. Excerpt: Marcus Aurelius (Latin: 26 April 121 - 17 March 180), was Roman Emperor from 161 to 180. He ruled with Lucius Verus as co-emperor from 161 until Verus' death in 169. He was the last of the "Five Good Emperors," and is also considered one of the most important Stoic philosophers. During his reign, the Empire defeated a revitalized Parthian Empire; Aurelius' general Avidius Cassius sacked the capital Ctesiphon in 164. Aurelius fought the Marcomanni, Quadi, and Sarmatians with success during the Marcomannic Wars, but the threat of the Germanic tribes began to represent a troubling reality for the Empire. A revolt in the East led by Avidius Cassius failed to gain momentum and was suppressed immediately. Marcus Aurelius' work Meditations, written in Greek while on campaign between 170 and 180, ...