Introduction

Pyrus of epirus was cremated according to the custom of their country. His friends built a great funeral ire, and they cremated his remains. It is said that after the fire did its work, they found, as they were looking among the ashes, that the great toe of his right foot had a divine virtue. After the rest of his body had been consumed, this was found to be untouched and unharmed by the fire. Conversely, when sulla took over the city of rome after a great civil war, sulla had marius's remains dug up and thrown into the tiber river. So what kind of leader provokes that sort of response? Welcome to