Overview
Clementia, or clemency, became central to Caesar’s self-presentation after civil war. Unlike Sulla, Caesar often spared defeated opponents and restored them to public life.
Importance
Clemency may be moral, strategic, theatrical, or all three. Livarva treats Caesar’s clemency as one of the clearest contrasts with Sulla’s politics of fear.
In the Livarva Trilogy
The contrast between Sulla’s vengeance and Caesar’s clemency runs through The Dictatorship and The First Breach.
This first atlas entry is drafted from the Livarva manuscripts and will be expanded with exact chapter and source references in a later version.