Marcus was enrolled in the equestrians at the age of six and the next year he was given special permission to attend the priestly college of the Salii in Rome. It was here that Marcus was taught by the greatest thinkers of the day that represented many different cultures. Young Marcus Aurelius’s education embraced rhetoric and philosophy and he had a very serious manner. His intellectual pursuits were also deep and devoted. Hadrian took an interest in Marcus Aurelius and called him “Verissimus” or “Most Truthful”. he received numerous public honors from an early age and was thought to be a potential successor by Hadrian for a long time.

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