Two Romans seem to deliver no contest. Send three, so that I may deliver proper tribute! — Gannicus Copy Share Image
She is an excellent creature, but she can never remember which came first, the Greeks or the Romans. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Whoever said "When in Rome, do as the Romans do", has never driven a car there. — Lev L. Spiro Copy Share Image
The Romans used every housing form known today and they have a remarkably modern look. — Stephen Gardiner Copy Share Image
The Roman Code was merely an enunciation in words of the existing customs of the Roman people. — Henry James Sumner Maine Copy Share Image
“The Romans had a great general named Cincinnatus. The legend is that he had wanted to live quietly on his farm but… — Elaine N. Aron Copy Share Image
What I am trying to figure out in my preface is how Romans could operate without the simple items - maps -… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
“What God said to Abraham was not 'Obey this law and I will bless you', but 'I will bless you; believe my… — John R.W. Stott Copy Share Image
“The book of Romans goes deep, deep into our souls, and we can only stand what we see there because Romans also… — Desmond Ford Copy Share Image
“The fall of Rome in 476 A.D. marks the time when the literate barbarians of Rome were replaced by the illiterate barnarians… — Daniel Levering Lewis Copy Share Image
“To have all those noble Romans alive before me, and walking in and out for my entertainment, instead of being the stern… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
The terror of the Roman arms added weight and dignity to the moderation of the emperors. They preserved the peace by a… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“Caesar's messengers didn't go round the world saying, 'Caesar is lord, so if you feel you need to have a Roman-empire kind… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
“Caligula wished that the Roman people had but one neck that he might cut it off, and as I read this letter… — Edward Bellamy Copy Share Image
The Greeks by their laws, and the Romans by the spirit of their people, took care to put into the hands of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The best teachers, one hopes, don't shout at their students - because they are skilled at wooing as well as demanding the… — Tom Chatfield Copy Share Image
The wide difference between the two characters, the slowness and want of energy of the Spartans as contrasted with the dash and… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
The Roman Empire was very, very much like us. They lost their moral core, their sense of values in terms of who… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
The Temple of Dendur," Zia said. "Actually it was built by the Romans - " "When they occupied Egypt," Carter said, like… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“The central government was a despotism tempered by military rebellion and assassination and replacement of one scurvy lot of ruling dynasts by… — Norman F. Cantor Copy Share Image
The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness. [Lat., Sociis atque amicis auxilia portabant… — Sallust Copy Share Image
“The Greeks shape bronze statues so real they seem to breathe, And carve cold marble until it almost comes to life. The… — Virgil Copy Share Image
There was about all the Romans a heroic tone peculiar to ancient life. Their virtues were great and noble, and these virtues… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) in his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire said that the following five attributes marked Rome at its… — Francis A. Schaeffer Copy Share Image
“Now we see again, under the blue heavens where the larks are singing in the hot April sky, why the Romans called… — D.H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“It is not coincidence that, as Raymond Money puts it, “from the pyramids of Egypt, the rebuilding of Rome after Nero’s fire,… — Robert A. Caro Copy Share Image
“The obsession with decline found on the alt-right today comes from a long conservative line of thought, who regularly drew upon books… — Angela Nagle Copy Share Image
“The celebrated maxim of the Romans, not to undertake two great wars at the same time, is so well known and so… — Antoine-Henri Jomini Copy Share Image
“What happened? It took Gibbon six volumes to describe the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, so I shan’t embark on… — Kenneth Clark Copy Share Image