![]() ![]() ![]() It's a frustrating question not to know - on the face of it I think I may have swayed towards the republic idealogy (where's my sword!) This was a man in a hurry and the main question in my mind is that did he feel that the only realistic way to make a significant contribution to this ambition in his lifetime was to climb to power and instigate sweeping reforms in the manner that he did?Īs we know, the politics of the age and the turmoil his reforms caused caught up with him. I guess we will never know the true motivation of his actions. The way I see it is that this book has portrayed another possible aspect of his ambitions that perhaps is not as well recognised and that is he was closer to the mass population than other patricians and was genuinely intent on improving the lifestyle of the masses (hence his popularity) and applyied his great intelligence and administrative talents as well as streamlining administration, scientific advancement and military tactics. He still could have been a ruthless self serving Dictator though McCullough's given him a vote of confidence. ![]()
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