Italian–English parallel text
Marco Aurelio
Marcus Aurelius
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Il ragazzo chiamato Verissimus
The Boy Called Verissimus
Marco Aurelio è nato a Roma nell’anno 121 dopo Cristo. La sua famiglia era antica e ricca, e fin dall’inizio lui è stato un bambino serio e calmo. Anche da ragazzo ha amato una cosa più dei giochi: imparare a essere buono.
Marcus Aurelius was born in Rome in the year 121 after Christ. His family was old and rich, and from the beginning he was a serious, calm child. Even as a boy he loved one thing more than games: to learn how to be good.
L’imperatore di quel tempo, Adriano, lo ha notato e gli ha dato un soprannome: Verissimus, che significa «il più vero». Sembra uno scherzo, ma Adriano era serio. Ha visto nel ragazzo una rara onestà.
The emperor of that time, Hadrian, noticed him and gave him a nickname: Verissimus, which means “the most true”. It sounds like a joke, but Hadrian was serious. He saw in the boy a rare honesty.
Nel taccuino ha scritto più tardi delle persone che lo hanno fatto diventare quello che era. Da suo nonno ha imparato a controllare la rabbia. Dal ricordo di suo padre, a essere modesto. Da sua madre, a donare liberamente e a vivere semplicemente. Non credeva di aver inventato il suo buon carattere. Pensava che ogni cosa buona in lui fosse arrivata da qualcun altro, ed era grato.
In the notebook he later wrote about the people who made him who he was. From his grandfather he learned to control his temper. From the memory of his father, to be modest. From his mother, to give freely and to live simply. He did not believe that he had invented his own good character. He thought that every good thing in him had come from someone else, and he was grateful.
Adriano ha fatto in modo che il ragazzo fosse adottato da Antonino Pio, un uomo buono e gentile che è diventato il nuovo imperatore. Così Marco è cresciuto sapendo che un giorno avrebbe governato tutto il mondo romano.
Hadrian arranged for the boy to be adopted by Antoninus Pius, a good and gentle man who became the next emperor. So Marcus grew up knowing that one day he would rule the whole Roman world.
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