Marcus Aurelius and Carnuntum
Welcome to the new (beta) video hosting feature in Substack! My first upload here is a video of a conversation about Marcus Aurelius, which I had with Markus Wachter, the CEO of the Carnuntum Archeological Park, at the Museum Carnuntinum, in 2019. I was visiting Austria for around a week, doing research for my books on Marcus Aurelius.
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Marcus stationed himself at the Roman legionary fortress of Carnuntum, for part of the Marcomannic Wars. He included the note “At Carnuntum” near the start of the Meditations, proving that he must have written at least part of the manuscript there.
Thanks to Landessammlungen Niederösterreich, Archäologischer Park Carnuntum for permission to film, and to Adam Piercey for filming and editing.
At a writing desk in the reconstructed Roman villa at CarnuntumThank you for reading Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life. This post is public so feel free to share it.
