mpgrenier.bsky.social
@mpgrenier.bsky.social
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2nd generation in media, following in the footsteps of my mom (in the header): Ward’s Automotive Reports, Detroit News, Wall Street Journal & Bloomberg News (retired)
![Quotes from the book:
Listening to “Emperor of Rome” by Mary Beard, and her description of Elagabalus (ruler from age 14 to his assassination at 18) sounds scarily familiar:
”… gratuitous luxury …”
“… quirky, and costly, self-indulgence …”
“… tried to make nature itself bend to his will …”
“… a nightmare of deception, in which truth and falsehood were repeatedly confused and confounded.”
“The power of the [leader] stopped at nothing. It warped the senses and it thrived in malevolent chaos”
“He turned facts and fiction upside down, creating a topsy-turvy world in which no one could know who (or what) was play acting, A corrupt autocracy was all smoke and distorting mirrors. … a fake life.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pzv3d6koh5hktklnh3w3vhgi/bafkreieqxvbzm7ktj24fbb2xdqp7fv24rbitdpdjb3piucr4knq3hvpjhi)
