Aurelius was a fool - he broke with convention by not giving the promise to not ARBITRARILY putting to death any senators and he made his son Ceasar in 165 - when Commodus and his twin were only 4 yrs old - and Augustus in 175. He therefore took a successor not from the state - such as Pompeianus - but out of foolishness his own worthless son. His love of country came second to his love of his son and thus Rome sufferred its first tyrant in 80 yrs and fell from then on.
Aurelius feared that if he didn't there would be a civil war, His son also tried to "appear like he had changed" in order to deceive his father so he would choose him as successor.
Love it when he shrugs his shoulders when Brittania present themselves
mercian7 3 months ago
a one world government NWO speech by Hollywood via Alec Guiness lol
alanbstard4 3 months ago
Clouded your future is Obi Wan...
belisarius30 5 months ago
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belisarius30 5 months ago
And then suddenly ROME, ROME EVERYWHERE
MrRandomshoe 5 months ago
He made a remarkable interpretation in the bridge over the kwai river. I really enjoyed that movie
ccamilotorres 1 year ago
Parthia............
Zartushta 1 year ago
one of the flaws of Marcus Auerlius was that he did not adopt a non relative as his sucessor as Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, and Antoninus Pius did.
imperatorcaesar100 2 years ago
Aurelius was a fool - he broke with convention by not giving the promise to not ARBITRARILY putting to death any senators and he made his son Ceasar in 165 - when Commodus and his twin were only 4 yrs old - and Augustus in 175. He therefore took a successor not from the state - such as Pompeianus - but out of foolishness his own worthless son. His love of country came second to his love of his son and thus Rome sufferred its first tyrant in 80 yrs and fell from then on.
antoninus138 2 years ago
@antoninus138
Aurelius feared that if he didn't there would be a civil war, His son also tried to "appear like he had changed" in order to deceive his father so he would choose him as successor.
Obasiliasfilosofos 1 year ago
Hail Obi-won!
Sir Alec Guinness, Great Actor
GriggsC123 2 years ago 2
i love how they gave the Roman salute
ave caesar
histatimaniples 2 years ago
1.04
So his name his title and his kingdom is called "Africa".
Wow
gv1955 2 years ago 2
No, I'm still downloading the second part of the movie through Shareaza.
partschmidt 3 years ago
One interesting guff in this clip is that the proconsul of Judaea, called Severus -- a Roman rank and a Roman name -- comes dressed like a Persian.
partschmidt 3 years ago