I preferred to be the first man in a city of villages rather than the second man in Rome.
First Roman Emperor
Plutarch, Life of Caesar (referring to Caesar's ambition, often misattributed to Augustus, but reflecting a similar sentiment of ambition)
c. 61 BC (Caesar's ambition), Augustus's ambition is implied
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