![]() By making himself known through kindness he persuaded them to obey him. For this man, having attained preeminent power and discretion, ruled over the greatest number of people within the memory of man, established the farthest boundaries for the Roman Empire, and settled securely not only the tribes of Greeks and barbarians, but also their dispositions at first with arms but afterward even without arms, by attracting them of their own free will. ![]() FGrH F 125: (1) Men gave him this name in view of his claim to honor and, scattered over islands and continents, through city and tribe, they revere him by building temples and by sacrificing to him, thus requiting him for his great virtue and acts of kindness toward themselves.
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