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Marcus Aurelius and the Stoic's Inner Circle: Who Advised the Philosopher King
When you picture Marcus Aurelius, you might imagine a solitary philosopher writing Meditations in his tent on the Danube. But the emperor never ruled alone. This episode dives into the men and women who shaped his decisions: the Greek tutor Junius Rusticus who introduced him to Stoicism, the senator and general Claudius Pompeianus who married his daughter and commanded on the frontier, the jurist Quintus Cervidius Scaevola who overhauled Roman law, and the secretary ab epistulis who managed correspondence across an empire. We explore how Marcus relied on a network of trusted advisers—Stoics…
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