Comment by Eumenes
2 years ago
At least Caesar was a respectable age for leading when he died (55) ...
This is interesting: https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/data/executive-or...
2 years ago
At least Caesar was a respectable age for leading when he died (55) ...
This is interesting: https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/data/executive-or...
Don't forget that life expectancies were much lower back then, and that he was assassinated. He certainly would have been happy to continue into his 80s if he could.
It is interesting. I would have thought executive orders were more frequently used now than in the past. Apparently that peaked 80 years ago.