"For once Benjamin consented to break his rule, and he read out to her what was written on the wall. There was nothing there now except a single Commandment. It ran: 'All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.'"
"Animal Farm," Geroge Orwell

Current read.

Excellently written, Mike Duncan does a thorough job at communicating the years and decades of Roman history prior to the rise of figures like Crassus, Pompey, and Caesar. Besides covering major events, wars, and social tensions, this book highlights how these events frequently led to constitutional crises, and how these crises frequently resulted in violations of established laws and precedents, Additionally, Duncan frequently mentions and highlights how these events influenced later events and built upon each other. Highly recommend the book.