Lindsay Powell

And even beyond that, there's an element of, if you're a rich individual, like a Licinius Truncratus, for example, you are rich enough to be able to pay for slaves or mercenaries to guard you. And again, there's an optic side to this. Romans of the upper class, the senatorial class, the patrician class, are particularly aware that you need to have a following of clients.

And you will go about your morning duties, and these clients will attend to you in the morning through an occasion called a salutatio. And the intention is there that they will present themselves as their patron. The relationship is described as cliens patronus. So the patron is the man with the influence and the wealth.

And you will go about your morning duties, and these clients will attend to you in the morning through an occasion called a salutatio. And the intention is there that they will present themselves as their patron. The relationship is described as cliens patronus. So the patron is the man with the influence and the wealth.

And you will go about your morning duties, and these clients will attend to you in the morning through an occasion called a salutatio. And the intention is there that they will present themselves as their patron. The relationship is described as cliens patronus. So the patron is the man with the influence and the wealth.

But he relies on his clients to give the optics to people in the city that these are wealthy and they are influential. And I think it's the influence rather than the wealth. So adding a personal bodyguard, in a sense, is another dimension to this following that you have. So not everybody can afford one. So if you've got 300 men who are armed, you've got that thing.

But he relies on his clients to give the optics to people in the city that these are wealthy and they are influential. And I think it's the influence rather than the wealth. So adding a personal bodyguard, in a sense, is another dimension to this following that you have. So not everybody can afford one. So if you've got 300 men who are armed, you've got that thing.

But he relies on his clients to give the optics to people in the city that these are wealthy and they are influential. And I think it's the influence rather than the wealth. So adding a personal bodyguard, in a sense, is another dimension to this following that you have. So not everybody can afford one. So if you've got 300 men who are armed, you've got that thing.

Another dimension to this is that by the time you get to the time of Octavian, so this is after the assassination of Julius Caesar, they pass legislation to prevent people carrying weapons in the city because they know that there's this period between Julius Caesar and when Octavian becomes Augustus, where it's very violent. And the way you do that is to disarm people.

Another dimension to this is that by the time you get to the time of Octavian, so this is after the assassination of Julius Caesar, they pass legislation to prevent people carrying weapons in the city because they know that there's this period between Julius Caesar and when Octavian becomes Augustus, where it's very violent. And the way you do that is to disarm people.

Another dimension to this is that by the time you get to the time of Octavian, so this is after the assassination of Julius Caesar, they pass legislation to prevent people carrying weapons in the city because they know that there's this period between Julius Caesar and when Octavian becomes Augustus, where it's very violent. And the way you do that is to disarm people.

So that has implications for the Praetorian cohorts because, of course, they, by definition, are a bodyguard.

So that has implications for the Praetorian cohorts because, of course, they, by definition, are a bodyguard.

So that has implications for the Praetorian cohorts because, of course, they, by definition, are a bodyguard.

So we're already talking about Ides of March, right? So you go back to 44, and this young nephew, grandnephew of his, is actually on the other side of the Adriatic. He's waiting, basically, for Julius Caesar to show up with his retinue, because the plan is they're going to go and fight a campaign against the Sabatai and other people in the East.

So we're already talking about Ides of March, right? So you go back to 44, and this young nephew, grandnephew of his, is actually on the other side of the Adriatic. He's waiting, basically, for Julius Caesar to show up with his retinue, because the plan is they're going to go and fight a campaign against the Sabatai and other people in the East.

So we're already talking about Ides of March, right? So you go back to 44, and this young nephew, grandnephew of his, is actually on the other side of the Adriatic. He's waiting, basically, for Julius Caesar to show up with his retinue, because the plan is they're going to go and fight a campaign against the Sabatai and other people in the East.

Well, of course, news comes on about that his grandnephew has been assassinated, and they're faced with, what are we going to do? So you fast forward by about six months, where he has now made the decision to actually go to Italy, against his mother's advice, by the way. And he quickly recognizes that the situation is very delicate. And he's barely 19.

Well, of course, news comes on about that his grandnephew has been assassinated, and they're faced with, what are we going to do? So you fast forward by about six months, where he has now made the decision to actually go to Italy, against his mother's advice, by the way. And he quickly recognizes that the situation is very delicate. And he's barely 19.

Well, of course, news comes on about that his grandnephew has been assassinated, and they're faced with, what are we going to do? So you fast forward by about six months, where he has now made the decision to actually go to Italy, against his mother's advice, by the way. And he quickly recognizes that the situation is very delicate. And he's barely 19.

He's 18 at the time this happens and going into his 19th year, which is really remarkable. I mean, you think, what did you do when you were 18? Well, this man was already planning the destiny of the world.