>Be an elite-class insider who reinvented himself as a populist>Govern by appeal to masses>Be extremely bitter and combative against political opponents>Endorse violent rhetoric against political opponents>Destroy the unwritten rules of your government>Corrode the checks and balances of the nation, allowing for authoritarianism to rise>Be Clodius Pulcher>Pic unrelatedThe similarities between the late Roman and current American republics are evident. We may see an American Caesar within our lifetimes.