Augustus, Marriage, Age/Wisdom, and Taxes

I’m reading Everitt’s new biography of Augustus on my Kindle. Relations between men and women haven’t changed too much in 2000 years: “I couldn’t bear the way she nagged at me,” [Octavian] explained [his reasons for divorcing his first wife]. Politics were a bit different. The voting system was weighted in favor of property owners … Continue reading Augustus, Marriage, Age/Wisdom, and Taxes