Read Judges 7-10 about Gideon and HIS 300. Unlike Leonidas, Gideon won, and also unlike Leonidas and his little band, he was really fighting for liberty.
Read also of the tragedy whereby Gideon's son Abimelech built on the pagan errors made by Gideon (an unlawful ephod, etc..) and plunged Israel into civil war. It seems that the trees make some interesting commentary there about the desire to rule over one's fellow man to boot, something quite reminiscent of Dilbert's comments on management, really.
Podcast #1047: The Roman Caesars’ Guide to Ruling
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The Roman caesars were the rulers of the Roman Empire, beginning in 27 BC
with Julius Caesar’s heir Augustus, from whom subsequent caesars took their
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