The younger men had been born after the victory of Actium; most even of the elder generation, during the civil wars; few indeed were left who had see… - Tacitus

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The younger men had been born after the victory of Actium; most even of the elder generation, during the civil wars; few indeed were left who had seen the Republic. It was thus an altered world, and of the old, unspoilt Roman character not a trace lingered. Equality was an outworn creed, and all eyes looked to the mandate of the sovereign, ...