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Excerpt from Under Cæsars Shadow Like ruler, like people! Kings and emperors are conspicuous specimens of the character of their times. They are centers around which re volve the prevailing tastes and passions. Of men. They also inuence and control the minds of their subjects. 'if we would know the spirit of any pe riod of history, we need only to fix our gaze upon the individuals in power at that time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.