In addition to his effective governance, Antoninus …
Years: 146 - 146
In addition to his effective governance, Antoninus bestows upon Italy a grand array of public buildings in the traditional style, constructing temples, theaters, and mausoleums, promoting the arts and sciences, and bestowing honors and salaries upon the teachers of rhetoric and philosophy.
Marcus Aurelius, given the powers of an imperial heir in 146 and schooled by the best tutors in Rome and Athens, becomes a devotee of Greek learning; he abandons rhetoric philosophy for the Stoicist doctrine.
