What a Roman soldier likes most to see is his general eating his ration of bread with the rest, or sleeping on an ordinary bed, or joining in the work of digging a trench or raising a palisade. The commanders whom they admire are not so much those who distribute honours & riches as those who take a share in their hardships & their dangers; they have more affection for those who are willing to join in their work than for those who indulge them in going easy.
- Plutarch, The Life of Gaius Marius. [7]
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