What are the keys to a good life? Stoicism is today claimed as one of the philosophies that has best answered this universal question.
Stoicism, which emerged in Hellenistic Greece, developed widely in Imperial Rome until it became one of the most influential cultural, philosophical and social movements of late antiquity. Its approach proposed a practical way to achieve happiness, through the exercise of virtue and knowledge of reason, which allowed these teachings to spread throughout Roman society. Since then, Roman Stoicism has continued to be a philosophical point of reference until today, when it has been claimed as a fundamental thought to face adversity in a time of profound transformations.

Among the cardinal representatives of the Stoic school we find characters from diverse social backgrounds and life contexts: from an emperor, such as Marcus Aurelius, to a slave, such as Epictetus, or a consul and imperial advisor, such as Seneca. His works are also very varied and unique, from the letters, treatises and tragedies of Seneca, to the unique diary of Marcus Aurelius, the Meditations, and the Manual of Epictetus, based on the hasty notes of his student Arrian.

This volume, edited by three renowned experts in ancient philosophy and its current reception, analyses the life and thought of the three fundamental figures of Roman Stoicism, and allows us to understand why their teachings remain so relevant today.