cipher-kings

Updated: May 11, 2025

Gaius Gracchus had not understood the fall of the oligarchy as implying that the new master might conduct himself on his self-created throne, as legitimate cipher-kings think proper to do.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book IV : The Revolution

Gaius Gracchus had not understood the fall of the oligarchy as implying that the new master might conduct himself on his self-created throne, as legitimate cipher-kings think proper to do.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)