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Editio Orbis TerrarumWorld Edition Vol.
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Roma · Caput MundiRome · Caput Mundi
41°53′N · 12°29′E

ACTA·MVNDI

QVIDQVID · AGVNT · HOMINES · NOSTRI · FARRAGO · LIBELLI

“Whatever men do is the stuff of our pages.” Juvenal, Sat. I.85–86

Ad Se IpsumMeditations

M. Aurelius AntoninusMarcus Aurelius Antoninus

M. Aurelius Antoninus
121–180 p.C.n.A.D. 121–180 · Imperator Caesar AugustusEmperor · PRINCIPATVS

Imperator philosophus, qui in castris ad Danuvium Graece sibi ipsi scripsit. Haec Latine conversa sunt.The philosopher-emperor, who wrote notes to himself in Greek in the army camps on the Danube. What appears here is translated into Latin.

πᾶν ὑπόληψις.

Tange imaginem: marmor in vultum vivum vertitur — a machina ex ipso marmore restitutum.Hover the portrait: the marble turns into a living face, reconstructed by AI from the bust itself.

Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν (Meditations) I–XIIEpistulae ad Frontonem

ACTA MATVTINATHE MORNING ACTA

Ante primam lucem, in tabellam tuam: res orbis terrarum, a Romanis iudicatae.Before first light, on your tablet: the world’s affairs, judged by Romans.

Gratias. Cras ante lucem tabellarius veniet.Thank you. The courier arrives tomorrow before dawn.

Aliquid erravit. Iterum conare.Something went wrong. Please try again.

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