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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 8026786, member: 115909&quot;]You’re right we will never know. It’s an interesting debate though. Sometimes I like to play devil’s advocate just to try to see things from another point of view.</p><p><br /></p><p>I learn things from arguing view points even if I don’t believe them. It’s something Socrates used to do. He said it didn’t matter what he said because it taught him the opinions and beliefs of others. For example if someone argues that Julius Caesar should be Consul he would argue that Julius Caesar should not be Consul and learn why the other person believes what they do and promote the debate further and by the end both debaters would have both points of view and a better perspective.</p><p><br /></p><p>To be honest though I think allowing freedmen to make wealth like patricians had is pretty cool. I guess it would depend on exactly how they got that wealth.</p><p><br /></p><p>If they were just doing a great job and he wanted to reward their loyalty and good work I think it would be a positive rather than a negative.</p><p><br /></p><p>One interesting thing about ancient historians is that most of them came from powerful and wealthy families hence they had the luxury of time to research and write history.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’ve noticed Roman historians in particular tend to be in favor of a societal system of the Patricians having the most power and the Plebians having as little as possible.</p><p><br /></p><p>So to a man like Suetonius I think it would be infuriating to see a freedman becoming so wealthy and successful. To see that freedman have the wealth and power to equal a Patrician.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>But judging by today’s standards we tend to view things like that as positives because we believe “all men (and women) are created equal”.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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