 His father, Marcus Aurelius, mourned his death for just five days, while still continuing public work.Aurelius argued that because the games of Jupiter Optimus Maximus were ongoing, he should not interrupt them with his mourning.His lack of mourning was likely influenced by his Stoic philosophy, which taught of the dangers of emotion, and the brutal culture of the Romans, which considered hysterical grief at the loss of loved ones as unmanly and unnatural.