"Es versteht sich von selbst, dass Caesar ein leidenschaflicher Mann war, denn ohne Leidenschaft giebt es keine Genialität; aber seine Leidenschaft war niemals mächtiger als er."
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Römische Geschichte, Dritter Band, Fünftes Buch, Kapitel XI, Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, Berlin 1856, S. 429, DTA
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Theodor Mommsen
1817 – 1903
deutscher Historiker, Nobelpreisträger für Literatur 1902
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