I remember when some of the commenters (perhaps more appropriately known as Rome-aboos) really disliked when he pulled from some anti-Augustus sources which results in portraying Augustus as a smart and shewd politician albeit vindictive, unnecessarily cruel, and disinterested in war.
Those amateurs need to read Ronald Syme’s The Roman Revolution (1939) and learn how Augustus was a proto-Mussolini. Unless they’re so Mommsen-pilled that they’ll give a pass to anyone who has Cicero killed.
I remember when some of the commenters (perhaps more appropriately known as Rome-aboos) really disliked when he pulled from some anti-Augustus sources which results in portraying Augustus as a smart and shewd politician albeit vindictive, unnecessarily cruel, and disinterested in war.
Those amateurs need to read Ronald Syme’s The Roman Revolution (1939) and learn how Augustus was a proto-Mussolini. Unless they’re so Mommsen-pilled that they’ll give a pass to anyone who has Cicero killed.