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Marcus Aurelius presided over a period of relative political stability during the era now known as the golden age of Rome. He was respected as a just ruler and a skilled general who oversaw successful military campaigns against the Parthian Empire, the kingdom of Armenia, and assorted Germanic tribes. And thanks to his writings, he came to be rever
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Après la mort de son père survenue dans sa prime enfance, il fut remarqué, protégé, favorisé par l'empereur Hadrien. Peu avant de mourir, en 138, celui-ci, pour assurer sa succession, adopta Antonin, l'oncle par alliance du futur Marc Aurèle, en lui demandant d'adopter celui-ci et en même temps Lucius Verus, le fils d'Aelius Caesar, un personnage q
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