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   Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Friday, 17-Mar-2023 23:29:33 JST Evan Prodromou

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   • Maria Popova

   @mariapopova It's ironic that Marcus Aurelius's awful decision to make his terrible son Commodus his successor led to very difficult times for everyone in the Roman Empire for the next 100 years.

   I guess it was nice of him to warn everyone how to deal with the consequences of his own actions.

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_of_the_Five_Emperors?wprov=sfla1

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_of_the_Third_Century?wprov=sfla1

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     Maria Popova (mariapopova@indieweb.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Mar-2023 23:29:34 JST Maria Popova

     Marcus Aurelius, who died on this day in the year 180, on how to live through difficult times https://www.themarginalian.org/2018/06/19/marcus-aurelius-universe/