154 surviving letters between Marcus Aurelius and Marcus Cornelius Fronto, spanning c. 139–165.
“Probably from Naples 139 A.”
“To my Lord.”
“To my master.”
“to my Lord.”
“Hail my best of masters.”
“my best of masters.”
“A Discourse on Love 1.”
“to his own Caesar.”
“Baiae , 143 A.”
“to his Lord Marcus Caesar.”
“After August 13, 143 A.”
“July , 143 A.”
“most honourable consul, Fronto.”
“to his own consul and master.”
“August , 143 A.”
“Naples , 143 A.”
“consul to his own Caesar.”
“To the most honourable consul and my best of masters.”
“to the most honourable consul Fronto.”
“To the most honourable consul, his master, M.”
“to his master.”
“? 140–143 A.D. to his own Caesar. . . . . unless speech is graced by dignity of language, it becomes downright impudent …”
“? 140–143 A.D. to his own Fronto greeting. It is a fact that you have often said to me, What can I do to give you the gr…”
“? 140–143 A.D. to my Lord Caesar. Rightly have I devoted myself to you, rightly invested in you and your father all the …”
“? 140–143 A.D. , my Lord. After I had already closed and sealed the preceding letter, it occurred to me that those who p…”
“? 140–143 A.D. , my dearest Fronto. I must acknowledge and tender you at once, my dearest Fronto, my thanks, that, so fa…”
“? 140–143 A.D. To my Lord. I will act, my Lord, as to these counts and as to my whole life in the way I see you wish me …”
“? 140–143 A.D. , my best of masters. 1. I knew that on everyone's birthday his friends undertake vows for him whose birt…”
“? 140–143 A.D. To my Lord. All is well with us since your wishes are for us, for there is no one who deserves more than …”
“, my deservedly dear Fronto.”
“? 140–143 A.D. own Caesar to his master. I need not say how pleased I was at reading those speeches of Gracchus, for you…”
“? 140–143 A.D. to my Lord. Since I know how anxious you are . . . . sheep and doves with wolves and eagles followed the …”
“? 140–143 A.D. , my dearest or masters. 1. Although I am coming to you to-morrow, yet I cannot refrain, my dearest Front…”
“? 140–143 A.D. , my best of masters. What, am I to study while you are in pain, above all in pain on my account? Shall I…”
“To the mother of Caesar.”
“To the mother of Marcus.”
“144–145 A.”
“? 144–145 A.D. To my Lord. 1. I have received your letter, O Caesar, and the great delight it gave me you will easily ga…”
“? 144–145 A.D. To my master. What do you suppose are my feelings when I think how long it is since I have seen you, and …”
“? 144–145 A.D. To my Lord. I am confined to my bed. If I should be fit for the journey when you go to Centumcellae I sha…”
“? 144–145 A.D. To my master. I did not write to you in the morning, hearing that you were better, and being myself engag…”
“Signia , ?”
“? 144–145 A.D. , most reverend master. 1. We are well. By a satisfactory arrangement of meals I worked from three o'cloc…”
“? 144–145 A.D. , my sweetest of masters. 1. We are well. I slept somewhat late owing to my slight cold, which seems now …”
“? 144–145 A.D. , my sweetest of masters. At last the messenger is starting, and at last I can send you my three days' bu…”
“? 144–145 A.D. To my master, greeting. Your brother but now brought me the good news of your arrival. Heaven knows I lon…”
“? 144–145 A.D. To my Lord. I have received your letter, most charmingly expressed, in which you say that the intermissio…”
“? 144–145 A.D. To my master, greeting. These things at present . . . . Farewell, my dearest Fronto, my mother greets you…”
“? 144–145 A.D. To my Lord. I have been troubled, my Lord, in the night with widespread pains in my shoulder and elbow an…”
“? 144–145 A.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . But in lesser evils to act with composure is not difficult. For, indeed, in any c…”
“145–147 A.”
“Lorium , 145–147 A.”
“? 148–149 A.D. To my Lord. I have been seized with very severe pain in the groin. All the pain from the back and loins h…”
“? 148–149 A.D. To my master, greeting. You tell me that you have pain in the groin, my master. Remembering what distress…”
“? 148–149 A.D. To my Lord. Please acquaint your father with my illness. Tell me if you think I also should write to him.…”
“? 148–149 A.D. I will let my Lord know at once that your health necessitates this rest for you. But please write to him …”
“? 148–149 A.D. To my Lord. A happy New Year and a prosperous in all things that you rightly desire to you and our Lord y…”
“? 148–149 A.D. To my master, greeting. May you also have entered upon a prosperous year, and may the Gods turn to your a…”
“? 148–149 A.D. To my master. May you keep your birthday, my master, both sound in health now and strong in all years to …”
“? 148–149 A.D. To my Lord. All the blessings you have prayed for me are bound up with your welfare. Health of body and m…”
“? 148–149 A.D. To my Lord. I have been seized with very severe pains again in the other side of the groin.…”
“? 148–149 A.D. When you write thus to me, my master, you are aware, I am sure, that I am most anxious and offer up praye…”
“? 149–153 A.D. To my Lord. Saenius Pompeianus, whom I have defended in many cases, since he took up the contract for far…”
“? 149–153 A.D. Pompeianus has won my esteem also by the same deserts which have endeared him to you. So I desire that in…”
“? 153–154 A.D. To my master. If in your province, my master, you come across a certain Themistocles, who says that he is…”
“? 153–154 A.D. To my Lord. This Aridelus, who is taking my letter to you, has attended to all my wants since I was a boy…”
“? 153–154 A.D. To my Lord. Whether the merit of the act set off the speech, or the speech did not fall short of a most n…”
“? 153–154 A.D. On my return from a banquet of my father's I got your letter, and learn that the messenger who brought it…”
“? 154–156 A.D. To my Lord. I have had such a choleraic attack that I lost my voice, gasped and struggled for breath; fin…”
“? 154–156 A.D. To my master, greeting. After your absence I was longing to see you: what think you after your danger? fo…”
“? 154–156 A.D. To my Lord. That you may keep many birthdays of your children with all happiness, the pride of your paren…”
“? 154–156 A.D. To my master, greeting. May you be preserved to us! May your house be preserved, and ours! which, if you …”
“? 154–156 A.D. To my Lord. While my attendants were carrying me here as usual from the baths in a sedan-chair, they dash…”
“? 154–156 A.D. To my master, greeting. You have added to my anxieties, which I hope you will as soon as possible relieve…”
“? 154–156 A.D. To my Lord. The very day on which I proposed to start I felt a pain in my knee. I hope to be all right in…”
“? 154–156 A.D. To my master, greeting. By this time, at all events, my master, I hope you can send better news, for your…”
“? 154–156 A.D. To my Lord. I am laid up with pain in the sole of my foot. That is why I have not paid you my respects th…”
“? 154–156 A.D. To my master. When you are well enough to walk comfortably, then we also shall be delighted to see you. M…”
“? 154–156 A.D. To my Lord. I love you ten times as much—I have seen your daughter! I seem to have seen you as well as Fa…”
“? 154–156 A.D. To my master. We too love Gratia the more for her likeness to you. So we can easily understand how our li…”
“? 154–156 A.D. To my Lord. This is the third day that I have been troubled all night long with griping in the stomach an…”
“? 154–156 A.D. To my master. You also know, my master, what I on my part wish: that you should be hale and strong hencef…”
“? 154–156 A.D. To my Lord. I have a wretched sore throat, which also made me feverish all the night. My knee pains me a …”
“? 154–156 A.D. To my master. I now learn what I wished first and foremost to hear. I gather from your letter that the fe…”
“? 154–156 A.D. To my Lord Caesar. Niger Censorius is dead, leaving me heir to five-twelfths of his estate by a will in a…”
“Marcus Antoninus as Emperor 161 A.”
“Marcus Antoninus 161 A.”
“? 157–161 A.D. 1. not see you to-day either, as owing to gastric trouble last night I have only just got up. What I was …”
“? 157–161 A.D. 1. Even he would have no lack of plausible arguments who, in answer to the first of the propositions subm…”
“to my master.”
“to Antoninus Augustus.”
“To my Lord Antoninus Augustus.”
“To my master, greeting.”
“To my master greeting.”
“On the loss of his Grandson 165 A.”
“to Lucius Verus.”