Saturday, May 3, 2025

Review: Plutarch Fall of the Roman Republic [Penguin Classics L 84]

Plutarch Fall of the Roman Republic [Penguin Classics L 84] Plutarch Fall of the Roman Republic [Penguin Classics L 84] by Rex Warner
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

As a politician [Crassus] was singularly inconsistent, neither a steadfast friend nor an implacable enemy. Where his self-interest was involved he found no difficulty in breaking off an attachment or in making up a quarrel. Indeed it often happened that, in a short space of time, he came forward both as the supporter and as the opponent of the same man and the same measures. He was strong because he was popular and because he was feared - particularly because he was feared.


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