As the title says. Let's say Marcus and Lucius swap death-dates, so that Marcus dies in 169 AD and Lucius dies in 180 AD, with Lucius succeeded by his son (also named Lucius Verus), who is handwaved into surviving his infancy. Would a surviving Lucius Verus make much of a difference to the affairs of the Empire between 169-180 AD and beyond, or did its long-term trends mean that the military anarchy just around the corner was inevitable anyway, Commodus or no?
Meditations is, of course, butterflied away, but could Stoicism persist?
Meditations is, of course, butterflied away, but could Stoicism persist?