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The Philosopher King's Correspondence with His Tutor Fronto
Before Marcus Aurelius became the stoic emperor of the Marcomannic Wars, he was a young student learning rhetoric from one of Rome's most famous orators, Marcus Cornelius Fronto. In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into the surviving letters between Marcus and Fronto—an intimate correspondence that reveals a side of the philosopher king rarely seen: playful, affectionate, sometimes insecure, and utterly devoted to his teacher. They explore Fronto's high hopes for Marcus's eloquence, his gentle scolding when Marcus's philosophical studies threatened his rhetorical…
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