The Ides of March...

[Mott the Hoople]

what were the life lessons you gleaned from such reading grindy

Excellent question Desh....well Grind...what did you learn?

[Frank Apisa]

Here's the shit kicker Desh....Octavian was only 19 years old when he took the political mantle of Caesars heir. In many respects he was a greater political genius (and Caesar must have been aware of his talent for politics) than Julius Caesar was, though not a universal genius like Caesar who was incredibly gifted at everything he put his hand too. Octavian was certainly not a great general but his political skill exceeded his legendary Uncle and probably the best evidence of that is that he died in bed of old age. Few Roman Emperors ever did that.

Amen.

And he did it while handling Livia and her son, Tiberius.

That was a pair to draw to!