A self-loathing, closeted, religiously repressed homosexual who felt he had to purge his “sinful” thoughts/actions by destroying the objects of his desire. Religion is sick.
Rome did not have formal parties and there was no nomination system. The Roman people voted directly for their leaders, though the votes were weighted by property class (Centuriate Assembly) or geography (Tribal Assembly). The people also enacted laws directly, not through a representative legislature. Rome was more like Athens than like the USA, though with a lot more checks and balances to temper fickle public opinion. Athens was (briefly) so democratic that it destroyed itself.
Heil Muschi!