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Why Great Men Raise Tyrants: The Tragic Fall of Marcus Aurelius’ Heir

The Stoic philosopher-king Marcus Aurelius wrote "Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be—be one." Yet his son, Commodus, became Rome’s most infamous tyrant—a gladiator-emperor who renamed the months after himself and slaughtered innocents in the arena. What went wrong?

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Marcus Aurelius mastered the universe—except his own blood. Why doesn't geniuses survive its heirs?

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