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and yet as grounded as he was he still turned the empire over to Commodus.

• akkartik 14y ago
  We'd like to believe that wasn't his choice. "The 1964 movie Fall of the Roman Empire and the 2000 movie Gladiator both posited that he was assassinated because he intended to pass down power to Aurelius's adopted son, a Roman general.." -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius#Legacy_and_reputation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius#Legacy_and_rep...
  • damontal 14y ago
    am I missing your point or are you really just citing movie plots?
    • gruseom 14y ago
      His point is that the movie plots show what people would like to believe.