You Cant Stop. No Matter What.

Published: Sept. 1, 2020, 6 a.m.

b'"Nothing about Marcus Aurelius\\u2019 reign was fair. Fate tested him with one catastrophe after another. The Parthians invaded and triggered a war that would last five years. Then the River Tiber flooded, destroying homes and livestock, causing a famine in Rome. Then, after victory against the Parthians, Romans brought back a deadly contagion, which became known as the Antonine Plague. Then, crippled by famine and plague, hostile tribes to the north seized the opportunity to band together ...'