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Cassius Dio
Dr. Ng,

It is my bad about citation that I corrected as Cassius Dio, Roman History 56.30; (Published in Vol. VII of the Loeb Classical Library edition, 1925), http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/56*.html. I also corrected the citation about Suetonius, as Suetonius, The lives of the Twelve Caesars, The Life of Augustus 27, http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Augustus*.html. Thank you very much for reminding me. I totally agree with you that Augustus had a talent, an ability and a vision about the political, social, and military issues. He knew about the incidents, events, and problems in the past, too, for example, the social reforms on the behalf of the pleb, the uncontrolled expansion,

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