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About the certainty of death and the irrelevance of reputation. About the only battle that actually matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVincit qui se vincit.\u003c\/em\u003e He conquers who conquers himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe wasn't writing about the Germanic tribes. He was writing about the man in the mirror. The emperor who had every reason to be arrogant chose, daily, in private, to remain accountable. That discipline, not his victories, not his power, is why we still read him two thousand years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe roundel on this shirt is modeled on the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius that has stood in Rome since 161 AD. His right hand extended, not in victory, not in war, in the \u003cem\u003eadlocutio\u003c\/em\u003e gesture. Addressing his men. Calm. Present. 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