The

The I am Gaius. Germanicus is here. We're in Londonium. I'm Gaius. Germanicus is here. We're in Lundianium, observing the Thames, as we can see it.

I mean, it's very dark out there, but you can hear it splashing around. We're that close.

We have our second cup of wine, well, maybe our third. Because we're going to enjoy the next few minutes.

The centurions want to know what's up.

We have an emperor.

It's the real thing.

Here I've been thinking that we were pushing it a little far,

given that the rules of being president are somewhat different than in the Julian

Claudian period. But style is everything. Civilization is fashion. And Mr. Trump has it easy.

He's made up pretty much like an actor would be in Rome. Always has been. But what I saw

was amazing, walking into the stadium in his great blue cashmere coat, sweeping behind him. His hair

fixed, although the wind did ruffle it a little bit.

On either side of him was an enormous uniformed officer, enormous, two of them, one on either side, bookends.

And they were walking up the field to the flip of the coin.

The cheer was overwhelming.

And I thought, where's it coming from?

And then the camera would show the cadet corps and the Army and Navy young people were there.

Veterans and then the ones in uniform and the midshipmen were cheering.

The cadets were cheering. The team was cheering. As far as I could

tell, the goat was cheering and that everybody was cheering. And Mr. Trump, the look on his face was,

I'm the emperor. They're cheering the empire. They're cheering where we are right now. And I was convinced for that moment I was

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