Live Now: Join my AMA about Marcus Aurelius on Reddit!
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We’re live! For the rest of today, I’ll be answering questions on the History Subreddit. We’d love you to join the discussion.
You are invited to join me for an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on the History Subreddit, starting at 12pm EST today, Thursday 7th March, and continuing for most of the day. Previous AMAs I’ve done have been very busy, with over a million views, and hundreds of comments posted within 24 hours of going live. This is a forum for everyone, it has 18 million members worldwide, but many users are students of history so the questions should be very interesting. Please come along and join the discussion or show your support by reacting to the AMA post!
I’ll be answering as many questions as I can, live throughout the day — you can literally ask me anything. However, I was invited mainly because of the recent biography I’ve written, Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor, which is part of Yale University Press’ Ancient Lives series, edited by James Romm. So you can expect a lot of historical discussion of the life and thought of Marcus Aurelius!
I look forward to seeing you there. Please share the link with your friends.
Regards,
Donald Robertson
I was wondering, what do you think Marcus's major missteps were as emperor? Can you pinpoint a particular virtue that he struggled with the most? I understand the second question is a bit difficult to answer because of the interconnected nature of virtues.