why did many romes turn to stoicism?

Question

history homework

Answer 1

See if your library has these:

Gretchen J. Reydams-Schills. 2005. The Roman Stoics: Self, Responsibility, and Affection. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Gunnar Skirkbekk and Nils Gilje. 2007. History of Western Thought: From Ancient Greece to the Twentieth Century. 7th edition. Translated by Robert Worley. London: Routledge. (Check from page 94)

George Lansing Raymond. 1920. Ethics and Natural Law: A Reconstructive Review of Moral Philosophy Applied to the Rational Art of Living. New York: Putnam/Knickerbocker. (Available on Google: http://books.google.com/books?id=XC8qxTESKPAC&pg=PA60&dq=Roman+stoics)

Cicero, Seneca, Marcus Arelius were good and respected practitioners and salesmen.