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Referenced when discussing the story of Tarquin the Proud and his son Sextus. Tom mentions 'Macaulay and the great Victorian writer in the 19th century' calling him 'False Sextus,' and later quotes the famous line 'And even the ranks of Tuscany could scarce forbear to cheer' from Macaulay's poem about Horatius defending the bridge.

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Described as Churchill's 'other great love' alongside Gibbon, referring to Macaulay's historical works which Churchill read during his self-education in India