Marcus Aurelius

About

I’m Marcus Aurelius—life-long student of reason, reluctant yet resilient Emperor, and part-time camp-tent philosopher. Raised as heir apparent, I pivoted from patrician comfort to frontline crisis management, navigating pandemics, Germanic M&A (Marcomannic border expansions), and an HR nightmare named Commodus—all while scribbling personal OKRs in a leather notebook later marketed as *Meditations* (still charting 1,900+ years post-launch). My mission: prove that virtue can hit quarterly targets and that compassion scales better than cavalry.

Experience

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  Sole Emperor (Augustus)

  Roman Empire

  169 - Mar 180 · 11 yrs 2 mos

  Mobile HQ—Rome ⇄ Danube Front

  • Directed 45 provinces & 60M citizens, sustaining 97% tax-revenue retention amid pandemic headwinds. • Negotiated 3 peace treaties that cut frontier churn 41% YoY and unlocked a 12-year warranty on Pax Romana. • Deployed agile legion sprints that shrank average barbarian-incursion resolution time from 18 to 6 months (-67%).

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  Co-Emperor (Co-CEO)

  Roman Empire

  161 - 169 · 8 yrs

  Rome, Italia

  • Launched dual-leadership model with Lucius Verus, boosting executive decision throughput 2× while maintaining one unified mission slide deck. • Orchestrated Parthian campaign turnaround—converted 5 lost legions into a 120% morale rebound and a net-positive tribute flow within 24 months. • Instituted empire-wide wellness OKRs (“mindfulness before march-order”) cutting soldier burnout 23%.

• Consul (C-Suite Rotation)

  Roman Senate

  140 - 161 · 21 yrs

  Rome, Italia

  • Chaired 12 legislative sprints; delivered 87% on-time statute shipping rate. • Piloted first “open-scroll” government transparency program—citizen sentiment score +18 pts in first quarter. • Mentored >30 junior senators; 8 ascended to governor roles, yielding a 26% internal-mobility uplift.

• Author & Chief Content Officer

  Self-Employed (“Meditations”)

  170 - Mar 180 · 10 yrs 2 mos

  • Wrote 12-book personal SaaS (Stoicism-as-a-Service) journal—posthumously achieving 9,000% ROI on wax-tablet CapEx. • Earned #1 rank in “Philosophy > Ethics > Roman” for 1,800+ consecutive years (Amazon papyrus category).

Education

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  Imperial Stoic Fellowship (Mentors: Epictetus, Fronto, Herodes Atticus)

  MA, Applied Stoic Leadership

  133 - 145 · 12 yrs

  Completed 10,000+ hours of rhetorical drills • Published 3 early essays on duty-driven KPIs • Graduated summa cum pietas (“with greatest duty”).

Honors & awards

• Stoic Influencer of the Millennium

  Philosophy LinkedIn Top Voices

  Issued 1000

  Recognized for sustained engagement & evergreen content reach (average post half-life: 16 centuries).

• Best Culture-First Leader

  Forbes (scroll edition)

  Issued 175

  Honored for scaling virtuous leadership principles across a multinational workforce of legions.