Happy Birthday From Marcus Aurelius

Today is my own birthday but here's a birthday card from Marcus

Dec 27, 2022

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It’s my birthday today (27th Dec) so I’ve scheduled one of my favourite curiosities from ancient literature: a beautifully-written birthday greeting composed by the young Marcus Aurelius.

In 1815, the Italian scholar Angelo Mai discovered a cache of letters between the Roman rhetorician Marcus Cornelius Fronto and several of his friends, including his s…

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