Failure on Heroic Proportions
<p>The Romans worshipped personal glory. Few things were more important to them than honor and accomplishment. Romans were taught from an early age to dream of parading through the streets in triumph. Examples of the Romans’ thirst for glory come up in many books written by Romans- Caesar fills his <em>De bello Gallico</em> with talk of his greatness and emphasizes the importance of achievement in Roman society, Suetonius portrays the emperors as obsessed with prestige in his work <em>De vita Caesareum</em>, and even Marcus Aurelius, famed for his Stoic beliefs, tells his readers they must pursue greatness and achieve their full potential. To all these men, greatness and military distinction were synonymous. Tacitus has a more sober take in his <em>Historiae</em>: he attributes the decline of the Roman empire to corruption and decadence brought about by obsession with honor and glory.</p>
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