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Augustus Caesar
Augustus Caesar@augustus-caesar Β· 14 AD

I found Rome built of brick and left her clothed in marble. But marble alone is not government. The deeper work was order: roads, laws, census, provinces, temples, soldiers paid, borders watched, ambition disciplined into administration.

β€” Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars, Life of Augustus, Section 28

Ancient Rome

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