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Influence on Marcus Aurelius
The Historia Augusta states that Rusticus was the most important teacher of Marcus Aurelius:[Marcus] received most instruction from Junius Rusticus, whom he ever revered and whose disciple he became, a man esteemed in both private and public life, and exceedingly well acquainted with the Stoic system, with whom Marcus shared all his counsels both public and private, whom he greeted with a kiss prior to the prefects of the guard, whom he even appointed consul for a second term, and whom after his death he asked the senate to honour with statues.
In his Meditations, Marcus thanks Rusticus for the Stoic training he received from him:
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