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==Known by names ==

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Edward Gibbons wrote, <Br>'''"[[Augustus Caesar|Augustus]] was sensible that mankind is governed by [[name]]s; nor was he deceived in his expectation, that the [[senate]] and people would [[employ|submit to slavery]], provided they were [[legal charity|respectfully]] assured that they still enjoyed their ancient [[freedom]].  A feeble senate and enervated people cheerfully acquiesced in the pleasing illusion, as long as it was supported by the virtue, or even by the prudence, of the successors of Augustus. It was a motive of self-preservation, not a principle of liberty, that animated the conspirators against [[Caligula]], [[Nero]], and [[Domitian]]. They attacked the person of the tyrant, without aiming their blow at the authority of the emperor."'''<Ref>Gibbon's ''Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'', Chapter 3 The [[Constitution]] In The Age Of The Antonines. Part II. Sec. I. The death of [[Caesar]]</Ref>
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Why were the people enervated?

The meaning of enervate includes those "lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor". This is because the people of Rome were [[degenerate|degenerated]] by their custom of living at [[covetous practices|the expense of others]] and depending for their livelihood on the property of others after instituting a [[welfare]] system  through the governments that [[exercise authority]].

[[Moses]] forbid such institutions of [[force]]<Ref name="Freewillo">{{Freewillo}}</Ref>  and David warned that such institutions were a [[snare|snare and a trap]]. Proverbs tells us those [[benefits]] are deceitful [[dainties]] and to consent to having [[one purse|one social purse]] runs toward death.<Ref name="bloody'">{{bloody}}</Ref>

While one may call themselves a follower of [[Abraham]] and [[Moses]] any name used is certainly a lie.

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