Marcus Aurelius\' Stoic tome Meditations, written in Greek while on campaign between 170 and 180, is still revered as a literary monument to a philosophy of service and duty, describing how to find and preserve equanimity in the midst of conflict by following nature as a source of guidance and inspiration.
His father was Seneca the Elder, his elder brother was Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus, called Gallio in the Bible, and his nephew was the poet Lucan..
While he was forced to commit suicide for alleged complicity in the Pisonian conspiracy to assassinate Nero, some sources state that he may have been innocent.
He was a tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC - AD 65) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature.
He was the last of the Five Good Emperors, and is also considered one of the most important Stoic philosophers.
He ruled with Lucius Verus as co-emperor from 161 until Verus\' death in 169.
With Bonus Book Seneca\'s De Vita Beata About the Author: Marcus Aurelius (26 April 121 - 17 March 180 AD) was Roman Emperor from 161 to 180.
Marcus Aurelius\' Stoic tome Meditations, written in Greek while on campaign between 170 and 180, is still revered as a literary monument to a philosophy of service and duty, describing how to find and preserve equanimity in the midst of conflict by following nature as a source of guidance and inspiration
