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Rome753
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"So all considerations of humanity were swept away by their rage and fury; or was this, rather, a demonstration that no wild beast is more savage than man when his passions are armed with power?"
Plutarch, "Fall of the Roman Republic"

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Rome753
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Pickpick

I thought this to be interesting. While I have learned about most of the covered material before, it was interesting seeing how an ancient author wrote on it. It was also interesting seeing Plutarch's commentary on certain issues. Main downside is that this contains half of Plutarch's "Parallel Lives" where he compares a Greek figure with a Roman, then does a summary of the two. As a result, it can be slightly difficult to follow the summaries.

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Rome753
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"As he left the forum he said to those who were with him: 'It is certainly sordid to do the wrong thing, and anyone can do the right thing when there is no danger attached; what distinguishes the good man from others is that when danger is involved he still does right."
-Plutarch, "Fall of the Roman Republic"

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Rome753
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"A city, like a ship, can gain stability from opposed forces which together prevent it rocking one way or the other; but now these forces were united into one and there was nothing to stop the movement of violent party interest from overthrowing everything."
-Plutarch, "Fall of the Roman Republic"

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Rome753
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"The ordinary mind will see in his plight an example of the fickleness of fortune, but to the wise it will seem rather an example of reckless ambition. Because of this he was not content to be first and greatest among many millions; simply from the fact that two men were judged superior to him, he concluded that he had nothing at all."
-Plutarch, "Fall of the Roman Republic"

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"However, I should have to write another essay altogether to determine the point whether this is a real change and revolution in a man's nature, brought about by fortune, or whether it is rather the case that when a man is in power the evil that has been latent in him reveals itself openly."
-Plutarch, "Fall of the Roman Republic"

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Rome753
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Next up for reading. Returning to ancient Rome.
#Rome #RomanRepublic

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Bookwomble
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“There is in fact no way of correcting wrongdoing in those who think that the height of virtue consists in the execution of their will.”

"Sovereign power is nothing if it does not care for the welfare of others, and...it is the task of a good ruler to keep his power in check, to resist the passions of unbridled desire and implacable rage."

Bookwomble Just leaving a couple of quotes here from late Roman historian, Ammianus, for any soon-to-be world leaders who may happen to be scrolling past 🧐🍊
Ammianus was alive, though over 1000 miles away, during the Great Conspiracy to overrun Britannia in 367, which is the setting of the tagged book I'm reading, and I'm interested in reading his original account (but, tsundoku 😒📚).
2mo
Ruthiella The more things change, the more they stay the same. 😖 2mo
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GingerAntics
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I could never remember the actual holiday on December 25th, but I knew it wasn‘t Saturnalia. Sheldon Cooper is wrong more than he is right, I swear. It makes him even more insufferable when you know just how often he is wrong. If he‘s so smart, shouldn‘t he know he is wrong and, you know, NOT be wrong?
#CarolynMcVicktarEdwards #ReturnOfTheLight #wintersolstice #sheldoncooper #tbbt #romanhistory #prechristianholidays

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bunneeboy
The Twelve Caesars | Suetonius
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Pickpick

It‘s good to be the King!…
…until it isn‘t.