PM has compared his purge of Tory MPs to Roman emperor’s brutal cull of enemies, but what else could he emulate?
Boris Johnson has reportedly compared himself to the founder of the Roman empire in meetings, suggesting similarities between his purge of no-deal blocking Tory MPs and Augustus’s bloody sweeping aside of his enemies before ushering in an era of peace. No stranger to Roman history – Johnson studied classics and in 2006 wrote The Dream of Rome – here are five other lessons he could learn from his idol.
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