Based and completely true.

Note the Five Good Emperors:

3 gay guys who didn't have kids, and therefore had to adopt a competent heir

1 romantic widower who refused to remarry (loving your wife in Ancient Rome is gay, It Is Known), and therefore had to adopt a competent heir

1 straight guy who left the Empire to his biological son, who ruined everything

Obvious conclusion: Rome would have been better off if Marcus Aurelius just loved men like every other decent Roman citizen