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Marcus Aurelius and the Stoic's Son: The Education of Commodus
In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna explore Marcus Aurelius's most personal and politically fraught project: the education of his son Commodus. Drawing on sources from Herodian, Cassius Dio, and the Historia Augusta, they examine the tutors — from the Stoic philosopher Apollonius of Chalcedon to the grammarian Onesicrates — and the curriculum designed to shape a philosopher-king. But Commodus's youth was marked by luxury, exemption from the Marcomannic campaigns, and the corrosive influence of favorites. Lucas unpacks the Stoic theory of character formation as laid…
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