Stoic Philosophy and History

"Five Good Emperors"—Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius—is described by historians like Edward Gibbon as the most happy and prosperous period for the human race

The Age of the Antonines: Power, Governance, an...

The period from the death of Domitian in AD 96 to the accession of Commodus in AD 180 is historically characterized as the "Golden Century of the Antonines." This era,...

The Age of the Antonines: Power, Governance, an...

The period from the death of Domitian in AD 96 to the accession of Commodus in AD 180 is historically characterized as the "Golden Century of the Antonines." This era,...