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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;randygeki, post: 917535, member: 13719&quot;]<b>a little more <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">“<i>Do not act as if thou wert going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over thee. While thou livest, while it is in thy power, be good</i>.” Marcus Aurelius, Meditations.</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Marcus Aurelius was the adopted son of Antoninus Pius and was co emperor with Lucius Verus(alos adopted by Pius). Marcus was the last of the “5 great/good emperors” which began with Nerva.</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">During his reign wrote “<i>Ta eis heauton</i>, literally &quot;thoughts/writings addressed to himself&quot;. You can pick it up in paper back today, and I recently got a copy myself. Its called Meditations and it fallows the Stoic school of philosophy. I’d like t comment more on it but havent really read much yet, but it does seem to have a “be good” and “don’t worry, be happy” theme to it. Its very deifferent than the 12 Caesars (Suetonius), the Gallic and Cilvil wars (Julius Caesar) in that it offers a better glimpse into the authors (Marucus Aurelius) head and not his activities. He was granted many titles for his military victories, (Armeniacus, Medicus, Parthicus, Germanicus, Sarmaticus) but seem to be better know for his writing today.</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Marcus later shared rule of the empired with his sone Lucius Aurelius Commodus Antoninus (after the death of Verus).</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/members/randygeki/albums/75/11692.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Marcus Aurelius 161-180 A.D.</font></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: black">Dupondius 165-166 A.D. </span></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: black">obv. Marcus Aurelius, Crowned faces right, M AVREL ANTONINUS AVG ARMENIACVS PM</span></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: black">rev. Providentia standing l. holding wand and scepter; globe at feet, TR POT XX IMP III COS III</span></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">This coin is a dupodius of Marcus, and shows a rev. with Provedentia (goddess of forthough), which still appears on coins and medals today. </font></font></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providentia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providentia" rel="nofollow"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span style="color: #800080">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providentia</span></font></font></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">This is where my knowledge goes from little to very little, and I have yet learn much about Commudos. I know that he did fight the the area as a “gladiator,” his oppenants submited, and lived, sometimes. “<i>He thought of himself as the reincarnation of Hercules</i>.” “<i>Commodus raised the ire of many military officials in Rome for his Hercules persona in the arena. Often, wounded soldiers and amputees would be placed in the arena for Commodus to slay with a sword. Commodus&#039; eccentric behaviour would not stop there. Citizens of Rome missing their feet through accident or illness were taken to the arena, where they were tethered together for Commodus to club to death while pretending they were giants</i>” </font></font></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodus" rel="nofollow"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span style="color: #800080">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodus</span></font></font></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">A much different character that his father.</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/members/randygeki/albums/75/11690.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Commodus 177-192 AD</font></span></p><p><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: black">Denarius 186-189 AD </span></font><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">ROME</font></span></p><p><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: black">M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, laureate head right </span></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: black">ROMAE AE TERNAE, Roma seated left holding Victory and scepter,</span></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: black">C V P P in ex. (thanks Doug)</span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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