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Roman laws tended to be long and complex — one of Rome's most enduring legacies to the world is cumbersome and tortuous legal prose.

— Adrian Goldsworthy Caesar: Life of a Colossus (2006)

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See: Caesar's proposed lex agraria of January 59 BC

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It is common for those who flourish under any system to feel that the failure of others is deserved.

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