What was the best time in history to be alive?
Antoninus Pius. The fourth of the Five Good Emperors.
Antoninus Pius. The fourth of the Five Good Emperors.
How wonderfully passionate are the many ways that Socrates and Plato try to convince us that the only safe way that leads us to happiness, is education. Plato dreamed of public libraries, public lectures, education being a basic element...
Epictetus (50-120AD) “Difficulties are things that show people who they really are!” A slave born in Hierapolis that was to become a saint-like figure for the Greeks and the Romans. Poor, homeless he struggled with super-human energy and dedication to ease...
G.J.Caesar on the north side of the river Rubicon No general exercising imperium could cross the Rubicon without the concession of the Senate. Sometimes the Senate would 'humiliate a general by letting him wait there infinitely. Imperium was power vested...