Status Updates From Cesare: Il genio e la passione

“Who is Caesar?” . . . “In any other place than Rome he’d be a king, great Queen. His family is ancient and august. He is, they say, descended from Aphrodite and Ares through Aeneas and Romulus.”

“No man functions at his best without opposition. I truly cannot bear the thought of being surrounded by sycophants! I’ll be the First Man in Rome the proper way—by constantly striving.”

“Let the dice fly high!” he cried out in the original Greek, kicked Toes gently in the ribs, and rode across the Rubicon into Italia and rebellion.