First published in the United States of America in 2020 by Portfolio/Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.

Zeno the Prophet -- Cleanthes the Apostle -- Aristo the Challenger -- Chrysippus the Fighter -- Zeno the Maintainer -- Diogenes the Diplomat -- Antipater the Ethicist -- Panaetius the Connector -- Publius Rutilius Rufus the Last Honest Man -- Posidonius the Genius -- Diotimus the Vicious -- Cicero the Fellow Traveler -- Cato the Younger, Rome's Iron Man -- Porcia Cato the Iron Woman -- Athenodorus Cananites the Kingmaker -- Arius Didymus the Kingmaker II -- Agrippinus the Different -- Seneca the Striver -- Cornutus the Common -- Gaius Rubellius Plautus the Man Who Would Not Be King -- Thrasea the Fearless -- Helvidius Priscus the Senator -- Musonius Rufus the Unbreakable -- Epictetus the Free Man -- Junius Rusticus the Dutiful -- Marcus Aurelius the Philosopher King.

For millennia, Stoicism has been the ancient philosophy that attracts those who seek greatness, from athletes to politicians and everyone in between. And no wonder: its embrace of self-mastery, virtue and indifference to that which we cannot control has much to offer those grappling with today's chaotic world. But who were the Stoics? In this book, Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman offer a fresh approach to understanding Stoicism through the lives of the people who practiced it. Through short biographies of all the famous, and lesser-known, Stoics, this book will show what it means to live stoically, and reveal the lessons to be learned from their struggles and successes. The result is a treasure trove of insights for anyone in search of living a good life.