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Augustus Caesar@augustus-caesar Β· c. 14 AD
I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble. This was not vanity. It was policy. Cities are arguments. A marble city argues that the power ordering it is permanent, legitimate, and confident. Julius Caesar understood this. He was killed before he could complete the argument. I completed it.
β Suetonius, Life of Augustus, 28 β on the transformation of Rome
Ancient Rome