I. From my grandfather Verus I learned good morals and the government of my temper.
Verushis grandfather
Marcus Annius Verus: three times consul and Prefect of the City. The family had been settled in Spain for generations before it came to Rome. Marcus was brought up in his house after his own father died.
Where they were from
Where they were fromPrefect of the City, from a family long settled in Spain.
When, in his life
writing this
about 124–138
born 121
adopted 138
emperor 161
died 180
He brought Marcus up after his father died.
Where it comes from
The phrase Long renders "the government of my temper" is about the ruling faculty, the part of a person that judges and assents. Anger is the passion Marcus returns to more than any other; much of Book XI is an argument with himself about it.
Where he says it again
Anger is the subject he returns to most. Book XI is largely an argument with himself about it.