Robert Roy MacGregor Quotes
Where Macgregor sits, there is the head of the table.
Although born a noble, he was very informal and at his dinners and banquets he sat in different places at the table and not at the traditional head. When asked why, this was his reply. See {632267} for an early Spartan similar view.
Robert Roy MacGregor, 167 –1734), Scottish leader, folk hero and outlaw, Quoted in S.A. Bent, Familiar Short Sayings of Great Men, 1887
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See {632269} for a later Scottish quotation on this principle.
When Augustus first achieved power, he shared it with Marc Antony and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus in a military dictatorship known as the Second Triumvirate. Augustus was the most influential of the 3, and he eventually pushed the other two out and ruled alone as Emperor.
- Born: March 7, 1671
- Died: December 28, 1734
- Nationality: Scottish
- Profession: Soldier, Cattle Dealer
