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 becaus

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...