Here’s an interesting quote:
[His] success owed far more to his money in elections that were marked by widespread bribery and intimidation. This in itself was nothing unusual.
Throughout the period a long succession of laws were [sic] passed to deal with electoral malpractice, but the frequency of such legislation makes clear its ineffectiveness.
Who is the “he”? Publius Cornelius Sulla, winner of the Roman consular election of 66 B.C.
I chuckled as I read the passage this afternoon in Adrian Goldsworthy’s excellent Caesar: Life Of A Colossus (Yale University Press, 2006).
