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Dio ...."democracy sounded well and good but it's results seemed not to agree at all with it's title. Monarchy, on the contrary, has a unpleasant sound, but is a most practical form of government to live under...Easier to find a single excellent man than many."
— Oct 07, 2025 07:17AM
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Plutarch " No wild beast is more savage than man when his passion is supplemented by power"
— Oct 06, 2025 11:59PM
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Caesar took charge of most elections and decided most court cases. He ...settled scores, rewarding supporters, and auctioning opponents property.The senate appeared increasingly irrelevant. Some groused they lived in a monarchy masquerading as a republic...
— Oct 04, 2025 12:11AM
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"The list of abuses was impressive. Royal functionaries appropriated lands, requisitioned houses, pocketed monies, confiscated boats, ordered arbitrary arrests, levied illicit taxes, they devised sophisticated extortion rackets"
— Sep 30, 2025 03:17PM
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"it was neither the first nor the last place in the world where a decline in power translated into an enormity of symbols..."
— Sep 28, 2025 09:44AM
