 what we would call in America, Roman exceptionalism. Why we're the victors. And they're writing for Augustus, whom you now and again, also known as Octavian, you now and again emphasize was very keen on how people remembered him, how he presented himself at the time and how he was remembered. So Livy means to flatter, Dionysius Helicanarsis means to flatter. They all mean to flatter the emperor.