Curated playlist
Aurelii
- Augustine of HippoAugustine of Hippo once prayed, "Grant me chastity and continence, but not yet."
- CaracallaRoman emperor Caracalla was stabbed by a soldier while stopping to urinate on a road. He had turned 29 that very day.
- PrudentiusPrudentius left a career as a Roman governor to write Christian poems. He also fasted until evening each day.
- Claudius GothicusAn ancient legend says Emperor Claudius Gothicus once knocked out a horse's teeth with one punch.
- DiocletianRetired emperor Diocletian answered a plea to return in 308 by talking about his cabbages.
- MaximianRoman emperor Maximian retired when ordered to, then came back twice. His last try in 310 began with a false claim.
- CommodusRoman emperor Commodus was strangled in his bath by his own wrestling partner. He was thirty-one years old.
- ElagabalusElagabalus became Roman emperor at fourteen and was dead before nineteen. His own grandmother arranged his murder.
- MaxentiusEmperor Maxentius ended the persecution of Christians in his lands at least five years before the Edict of Milan.
- Severus AlexanderSeverus Alexander was ruling the Roman Empire alone by age thirteen.