Introduction He was the most powerful man in the world, and he spent his nights writing notes to himself about humility.Marcus Aurelius ruled Rome from 161 to 180, through fifteen years of plague, a decade of war on the Danube frontier, the betrayal of his best general, and the deaths of most of his children. He never wanted the throne. At sixteen, when he … [Read more...] about Marcus Aurelius on Love, Grief, and His Son: A Night on the Danube