“Look inside. There is a fountain of good within, and it will ever be a bubble, if you ever dig.”
Such intelligent statements can be found in the “meditation” of the Roman Emperor Marcus Oralius (121–180 CE). Hey never intended the thesis reflections for publication, which was fully written for Helafa, but they have become some of the most widely read writing of the Bible and the Quran. A bestseller, so to speak, which has been translated into many languages worldwide.
Today, known as a philosopher-Raja, Marcus Oralius ruled at a time marked by crises and destruction. He climbed the throne in 161 CE, a few years before the Marconic Wars (166–180 CE)-Markoni German tribe-who would shake the Roman Empire to his foundation. In addition, economic problems, social stress and the spread of Antonin plague were a form of smallpox in the field of Roman Emperor.
‘Your mind has power, not outside events’
Equality – that was one of the basic principles of Marcus Oralius, which was a great fan of The Stoic, the ancient school of philosophy, established by Greek Zeno of Citium in 300 BC.
Marcus Oralius wanted to become a good ruler, but what is good governance?
This question, which is relevant till date, was a matter of great concern for him, as reflected in his “meditation”.
But his contemporaries would never have read his writing, according to the Archaeologist Marcus Reute, the director of the Renische Landsmium in the Trear. “Roman never saw him as a philosopher-Raja. His writing was never made public during his lifetime. He wrote for Hefa, to calm his room in the evening.”
Orelyus acquired the image of philosopher-Raja after the publication of his “meditation” in the 15th or 16th centuries.
Cum-cuisted by Reteer and historian Viola Skyb A joint exhibitionIn each of his institutes, on Marcus Oralius, it was set to run from 15 June to 23 November 2025. Skiba says that the exhibition is more current. In particular the thesis is a question of how a good leadership on a new massacre, in a crisis-stricken and polarized time. At the same time, the questions are as old as human history, and a focus was in the ancient world.
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According to Marcus Oralius, the distinction of good governance? “Originally, it is directed by the cardinal properties of antiquity,” Skiba says. Those desirable qualities include knowledge, justice, discretion and restraint. A major concept is “orientation of common good” that acts in a way that actually benefits the community as a whole. “It’s to speak, what a good ruler separates from a bad [the Greek philospher] Aristotle. ,
Reuters say that Marcus Oralius should not be considered a role model “not a good leader, not a good leader.”
But of course, Marcus Oralius was a product of its time, which grew up within the social structures of antiquity. According to the Reute, “There was slavery, and Marcus Oralius also did not want to eliminate it.” The emperor did not question that “Roman was people with civil rights and without people, or women did not have equal rights to men.”
From today’s point of view, it may also be that he consider the virtue for the emperor which is cruel. “According to the ancient standards, the Emperor was expected to ensure the safety of the empire and protect his inhabitants – even if necessary, even with very cruel means,” Reuters are called.
“Hey who is involved in a large -scale court cases. He is finally finalized to pass the decision, and always laid the state’s interests first,” called the region.
Construction of Porta Nigra in Trear – Today the city’s famous milestone – hence can be traced back in Marcus Oralius. It was part of the city wall which was built by Oralius to protect its citizens.
‘There is very little need to create a happy life’
The above aphorisms may look like a joke coming from a rich emperor, but they were honestly. Indeed, Marcus Oralius cultivated a minor lifestyle and even Imperial household items – their personal property – when the state was in financial crisis, the auction. “As far as I know, no novel was an emperor before that,” the Reuters say.
Hey clearly spent a lot of time to indicate the meaning of life, which is probably again again that many youths are interested in them and their writing nowadays. In the estimates of the region, “his’ meditation” is a small treasure, with something to address every situation in life. “
Archaeologists explain that Marcus Oralius’ writing has not lended the bags from back to back, but is well suited to needle to find inspiration. They, after all, are personal music of someone who had spent thinking about it really important in life. So it is a small surprise that quotes by the novel emperor can be found on social media.
The exhibition at the trunner creates this contemporary interest in Marcus Oralius and the subjects occupying it. It is designed to inspire visitors from all over the world, which is to reflect on subjects, society, and what we still have to say to the novel emperor a long time before. Or, as Viola Ski said, “Every society is based on individuals, and if each and every person the thesis asks the questions of philosopher and politics, that it is a task as a whole.”
This article was the original published in German.
