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Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

Rome, AD 170–180 · The Stoa

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The private notebook of a Roman emperor on campaign: twelve books of reminders to himself on duty, death, anger and the discipline of attention. Written in Greek in army camps on the Danube, never meant for publication.

Translated by George Long (1862). Introduced by the War Philosophy editors.

  • Formats: Paperback · Ebook · Audiobook
  • Series: The Stoa
  • Edition: War Philosophy, 2026
About this edition

George Long’s translation, lightly modernised in spelling and punctuation, with the book-and-section numbering kept so passages can be cited. A short introduction places each book in the years of the Marcomannic wars.

What’s inside
  • All twelve books, numbered by section
  • Introduction and a timeline of Marcus’s reign
  • Glossary of Stoic terms
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Bone cover, ink lettering, printed to order.

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Audiobook

MP3 chapters in your account.

About the author

Marcus Aurelius

AD 121–180 · Rome

Emperor of Rome from 161 to 180 and the last of the so-called Five Good Emperors, Marcus Aurelius spent much of his reign at war on the northern frontier. The Meditations were written there, in Greek, for no reader but himself.

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