# Quote — Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar

> Roman laws tended to be long and complex — one of Rome's most enduring legacies to the world is cumbersome and tortuous legal prose.

- Author: [Adrian Goldsworthy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/adrian-goldsworthy.md)
- Book: [Caesar](https://www.leafyquotes.com/adrian-goldsworthy/caesar.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Adrian_Goldsworthy#Caesar:_Life_of_a_Colossus_(2006)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
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