Hello.

Congratulations, and thank you for your excellent contribution.

I did not know your book, which I will try to get. A few years ago, I researched the pathobiography of Marcus Aurelius (MA). It was my second doctoral thesis, later converted into a book (Marco Aurelio: enfermedades del cuerpo y disturbios del alma. Historia clínica, Badajoz, 2016/Marcus Aurelius: Diseases of the Body and Disturbances of the Soul, 2016. Badajoz, 2016)

I came to the poor conclusion that the Stoic Philosopher and Roman Emperor died of an unknown infectious disease that lasted at least seven days. The differential diagnosis is comprehensive. As an infectious diseases (ID) specialist and professor at the university, and based on current professional criteria, I reasonably ruled out most of the diagnoses.

I concluded that MA did not die of the plague, then in force and sweeping the empire*.

Best regards.

A.

(*) Marco Aurelio Antonino (121-180 d. C.), filósofo y emperador de Roma, y la peste de Galeno.

Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiología clínica, Vol. 30, Nº. 9, 2012: 552-559