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Julius had an extraordinarily violent temper, often lost his self-control, and could be rude and often even vulgar in manner. Yet, apart from the avarice and corruption inherent in his office and time as much as in himself, he was incapable of baseness and vindictiveness and despised informers and flatterers; no one was able to influence his decisions. Everywhere he saw and sought out greatness. He lacked the smooth manners of the servile. His faults arose from his relentless candor and uncontrollable temper. He was called terrible, an epithet suggesting that he was regarded as sublime, even superhuman.