William O. Stephens

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678 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 3d ago

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The Daily Stoic · Inside the Final Years of Marcus Aurelius · 26 Sep 2026 podcast

And and and ordinary Romans had no access to the clean water of fountains.

These were ornamental for only the wealthiest people who paid their their water tax.

So clean water wasn't something that average Romans had.

So yeah, things things took a bad turn when uh Marcus died.

You get this

Yeah.

He was never Hale and Hardy.

Yeah.

He was never Hale and Hardy.

So yeah, he's still got and friends and then and let's quickly analyze that concept.

What what is it to have friends as a Roman emperor?

lonely.

Yeah, yeah, like like, hey, hey, hey, you know, General So-and-so, come sit next to me.

Again, again, kind of like the the gladiator scene, right?

Yeah.

Let's sit next to let's talk as men.

You know, pretend that I'm not the emperor, pretend that you're not my general, that you'll do whatever I command you to do, because that's your job, right?

And you can't say no to me.

Let's just take off those hats and and crack open a beer and pretend that we're just

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