During the reign of Numa Pompilius, Rome's second king, people included patches of unclaimed land before the city gates when measuring farmland. At the time, large numbers of Sabines migrated to Rome, dividing the Roman kingdom into the Latin faction and the Sabine faction. Numa was already forty when the elders came to ask him to inherit the throne. Though he lived among the Sabines, he retained Roman customs.
Forty was already considered an advanced age in that era, hardly suitable for beginning a new life. Yet unable to withstand the elders' repeated persuasion, Numa finally agreed and came with them to Rome.
Yet when Numa entered the city, he wore neither military uniform nor had guards following behind him bearing fasces. Instead, he wore a robe like that of a priest. And after obtaining the approval of the civic assembly, Numa, having formally inherited the throne, did not establish a theocracy.
Within the territory of Alba Longa, people were extremely cautious when annexing land, for they were like eagles on mountain cliffs, spreading their wings to guard vast tracts of land on the plains.
Aside from the sea, there were several "buffer zones" between Britain and France. If Napoleon wished to carry out the Continental System, defenses would have to be established not only at every port in those regions, but even along beaches suitable for smuggling ships to dock.
His voter base was the farmers. Developing agriculture in Brittany and having farmers serve as guards was far more reliable than relying on merchants whose hearts were set on the British. But had not the peasants taken part in Vendée?
To Parisians, Brittany was frontier country, a remote region. Even a fast horse could travel from Brittany to Paris in only a few days, but those few days were