Was Marcus Aurelius Murdered?
Considering the claim that Commodus had the Stoic emperor killed
[This article was previously published on Medium.]
In the first act of Ridley Scott’s Gladiator (2000), Marcus Aurelius, the Roman emperor famous for being a Stoic philosopher, is portrayed by the actor Richard Harris. In the movie, Marcus is shown being smothered…
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