Alexander
, who being asked in his Youth to contend for a Prize in the Olympick Games, answered he would, if he had Kings to run against him.
Cassius
, who was one of the Conspirators against
Cæsar
, gave as great a Proof of his Temper, when in his Childhood he struck a Play-fellow, the Son of
Sylla
, for saying his Father was Master of the
Roman
People.