[Footnote 158: From the "Meditations." Translated by George Long.]
[Footnote 159: Annius Verus.]
[Footnote 160: His father's name also was Annius Verus.]
[Footnote 161: His mother was Domitia Calvilla, named also Lucilla.]
[Footnote 162: His mother's grandfather, Catilius Severus, may be
referred to here.]
[Footnote 163: The translator notes that, in the works of Justinus, is
printed a letter from one Diognetus, a Gentile, who wished very much
to know what the religion of the Christians was, and how it had taught
them to believe neither in the gods of the Greeks nor the
superstitions of the Jews. It has been suggested that this Diognetus
may have been the tutor of Marcus Aurelius.]
[Footnote 164: Junius Rusticus, a Stoic philosopher, whom the author
highly valued.]
[Footnote 165: Apollonius of Chalcis, who came to Rome to be the
author's preceptor. He was a rigid Stoic.]
[Footnote 166: Sextus of Chaeronea, a grandson, or nephew, of
Plutarch.]
[Footnote 167: Alexander, a native of Phrygia, wrote a commentary on
Homer.]
[Footnote 168: Cornelius Fronto, a rhetorician and friend of the
author.]
[Footnote 169: Cinna Catulus, a Stoic.]
[Footnote 170: Claudius Maximus, a Stoic, whom the author's
predecessor, Antoninus Pius, also valued highly.]
[Footnote 171: The reference here made is to the Emperor Antoninus
Pius, who adopted him.]
[Footnote 172: His brother by adoption, L. Verus, is probably referred
to here.]