The biographer had very sound methods for sourcing so I don’t think we can just dismiss what we now know about him. As an example he slept with the wives of the

The biographer had very sound methods for sourcing so I don’t think we can just dismiss what we now know about him. As an example he slept with the wives of the senators as a sport. He may have been effective in governing but he comes across as a despicable human being.