LEADER 03025nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910783033803321 005 20230705232246.0 010 $a1-134-69569-1 010 $a1-280-32704-9 010 $a0-203-26879-2 010 $a0-203-13759-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000004967 035 $a(EBL)166108 035 $a(OCoLC)50016732 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000197727 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11189640 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000197727 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10160469 035 $a(PQKB)10738613 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC166108 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL166108 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr5004126 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL32704 035 $a(PPN)176153640 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000004967 100 $a20001116e20001966 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMarcus Aurelius, a biography /$fAnthony Birley 205 $aRevised edition. 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2000. 210 4$aŠ2000 215 $a1 online resource (320 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) $cillustrations 225 1 $aRoman Imperial Biographies 300 $aOriginally published: London : B.T. Batsford, 1966. 311 0 $a1-138-13950-5 311 0 $a0-415-17125-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 290-297) and index. 327 $aCover; Marcus Aurelius: A Biography; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1. The Age of the Antonines; 2. Family and Early Years; 3. Aurelius Caesar; 4. The Education of an Heir Apparent; 5. The Stoic Prince; 6. The First Years as Emperor; 7. Triumph and Crisis; 8. The Northern Wars; 9. The Last Years; 10. Marcus to Himself; 11. Epilogue; Appendices; 1. Sources; 2.The Antonine Dynasty; 3. The Marcommanic Wars; 4. Christianity; 5. The Illustrations; References and Notes; Abbreviations and Bibliography; Addenda to Bibliography; Index 330 $aMarcus Aurelius, the philosopher-emperor who ruled the Roman Empire between AD 161 and 180, is one of the best recorded individuals from antiquity. Even his face became more than usually familiar: the imperial coinage displayed his portrait for over 40 years, from the clean-shaven young heir of Antonius to the war-weary, heavily bearded ruler who died at his post in his late fifties.His correspondence with his tutor Fronto, and even more the private notebook he kept for his last ten years, the Meditations, provides a unique series of vivid and revealing glimpses into the character 410 0$aRoman Imperial Biographies 606 $aEmperors$zRome$vBiography 607 $aRome$xHistory$yMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 615 0$aEmperors 676 $a937/.07/092 676 $aB 700 $aBirley$b Anthony$f1937-$0267280 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783033803321 996 $aMarcus Aurelius$925586 997 $aUNINA