Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD
- had a colleague (Lucius Verus) as co-emperor, and two young sons as “Caesar” (crown prince) - this was the first time it happened and was the beginning of a regular “path” to power
- problems with German tribes, who were becoming “difficult”, some were crossing the Rhine into Gaul (France)
- in 166, a plague (smallpox?, typhus?, bubonic?) arrives from the East and spread all over the Empire - “it left many districts almost totally depopulated”
- 171, some Germans who had crossed the Danube were settled as farmers inside the empire - this was the first time that groups of “barbarians” were settled in 'civilized' society
- wrote Meditations - still respected today as one of the great intellects of the western society
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