He had an extraordinary sense of grandeur and believed himself to be much more than a mere mortal, thinking of himself as something of a god on earth. This is seen in the sentence where he claims himself to not just be a general, but rather someone that decides the fates, as if he has such grand power to decide the fate of not just a single person, but rather of "peoples"
In the 6th century the Etruscans<span> expanded their influence over a wide area of Italy. They founded city-states in northern Italy, and to the south, their influence expanded down into Latium and beyond. Early </span>Rome<span> was deeply influenced by </span>Etruscanculture (the word "Rome<span>" is </span>Etruscan<span>).</span>
<span>Fernando Henrique Cardoso</span>
