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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 26445053, member: 128351&quot;]Writing Roman history has been a literary exercise since the very beginning. Under the Republic the main topic of Polybius was to show how and why a modest Italian city grew stronger and stronger, overcoming all its rivals and eventually conquering the powerful Hellenistic kingdoms. Under Augustus the main idea of Livy was to justify Augustus&#039; regime. Under Trajan Tacitus&#039; topic was to show why Trajan was actually the &#039;optimus princeps&#039;, much better than all his predecessors. etc. etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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