{"date":"August 30","id":"08-30","intro":["Every luxury, all the wealth in the world at his command—yet Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of haughty Rome, led a simple life even in a palace. He left his secret in his “Meditations.”"],"minutes":16,"readings":[{"author":"Marcus Aurelius","end":228,"start":222,"volume":2,"work":"Meditations"}],"slug":"august-30","status":"proofread","title":"Simple Life in a Palace","url":"/harvard-classics/august-30/","words":3170}