Translate: Cigen ficero epistolās dictat scrībae suo Tironi. subito aliquis
iānuam pulsat. incurrit servus. 'domine, inquit, 'nūntium
valdē bonum tibi fero. Terentia filiolum peperit. et māter et infāns
valent.' Cicero 'rē vērā' inquit 'nuntium bonum mihi portās. Tiro.
5 servos iubē equos parāre. dēbēmus ad Terentiam festīnāre."
mox equi parāti sunt. Cicero Tīrēque Rāmā statim abeunt
Arpinumque festinant. postridiē ad villam adveniunt. Tullia,
Ciceronis filia, quae iam decem annos nāta est, adventum eorum
audit. ad iānuam currit patremque salūtat. 'venī, pater,' inquit;
'festīnā. infāns valdē pulcher est. patrem in tablīnum dūcit. ibi in
lecto iacet Terentia, pallida sed laeta: prope lectum sunt cūnae, in
quibus dormit parvus infāns.
Cicero ad uxorem accēdit et osculum ei dat. 'uxor cāra, inquit,
*quid agis?' infantem spectat. quam pulcher est infāns!' inquit:
‘quam laetus sum quod tū valēs.' sic dicit infantemque é cūnis no

historically speaking, military dictators usually come into power

as the result of a military coup d'etat that was successful against  

whatever form of government existed before.  

sometimes the military dictator was put in place by winning a civil war.  

    occasionally military dictators conduct phony 'elections'  

in order to claim that they were elected by the people.

but there are never any serious candidates running against the dictator.

when a dictator becomes too old for governing his country,

he usually tries to arrange for one of his sons to take over power  

after he is dead and gone.  

when that is not possible, some secret decisions within the military

results in the next dictator taking power

—whether by means of an 'election' or another coup d'etat.  

    countries with little experience of other forms of government

often assume that a military strongman is their natural leader.  

military dictators want to stay in power for as long as possible.  

often the only way they leave office is feet first,

that is, they must die or be killed while still in power  

before the next form of government will take over.

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