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Updated: May 10, 2025

The more everything ultimately depended on the personality of the leading men on both sides, it was the more unfortunate that both, strictly speaking, lacked leaders. The politics of thisperiod were thoroughly under the sway of the coterie-system in its worst form.

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

The more everything ultimately depended on the personality of the leading men on both sides, it was the more unfortunate that both, strictly speaking, lacked leaders. The politics of thisperiod were thoroughly under the sway of the coterie-system in its worst form.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book V : The Establishment of the Military Monarchy