Stoicism was a philosophy shcool that emerged in Athens during the 3rd century BC founded by Zeno of Citium a Hellenistic philosopher. Stoicism stablished different principles to achieve human happiness among which it is stated happiness is found by not letting oneself be controled by the fear to pain or the desire for pleasure especially find in external things. This implies stoics believed virtue was necessary and that virtue emerge from the control of one self. This implies the Roman philosophy of stoicism promoted self-control to avoid being control by pleasure or pain.
The Roman philosophy of stoicism promoted "self-control," since it was thought that if a person allowed to many emotions to take control this would lead to bad decision-making.
