The Romans held Britain from the invasion of Julius Caesar till their voluntary withdrawal from the island, A.D. 420,- that is, about… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share Image
“Why the Romans, Father?" I asked him one afternoon. "Because, my child, they teach us how to bear suffering in a world… — Judith Merkle Riley Copy Share Image
People would start to follow him and they'd say: "Well why should I follow the Romans? This man says I can be… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We find that the Romans owed the conquest of the world to no other cause than continual military training, exact observance of… — Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus Copy Share Image
“Even Tacitus admitted that “whatever their origin, [the Jews’] observances are sanctioned by their antiquity,”64 and the Romans respected tradition. Christians, however,… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
Ground elder, introduced by the Romans as a vegetable, is difficult to get rid of because it regrows from the smallest trace… — Monty Don Copy Share Image
“Romans is the only book in the Bible that systematically tells us of the plan of salvation. The only book. If you… — Desmond Ford Copy Share Image
“The Romans were not wiped out by the invasions of the barbarians, nor by the Christian virus, but by a more subtle… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“With that kill, the watching crowd realized this wasn’t just a show designed to inflate auction prices, and they howled for more… — Lesley Livingston Copy Share Image
“ACT16.37 But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Conversion of our views of self in light of God is continual. We daily have to take the time to notice and… — Holly Sprink Copy Share Image
“So they cut their hair short in front, that their enemies might not grasp it. And they say that Alexander of Macedon… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
The Spartans were a paradoxical people. They were the biggest slave owners in Greece. But at the same time, Spartan women had… — Frank Miller Copy Share Image
“May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus, so… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Rome is the capital of Europe; it's as simple as that. You need to see what the Romans did 2,000 years ago.… — Gino D'Acampo Copy Share Image
“Unless some people are commissioned for the task, there will be no gospel preachers; unless the gospel is preached, sinners will not… — John Stott Copy Share Image
“The revolt in Asia Minor was snugged out in 494, and the Athenians realized that they had acquired a dangerous enemy. Darius… — Alan Ryan Copy Share Image
“The dignity and energy of the Roman character, conspicuous in war and in politics, were not easily tamed and adjusted to the… — The Richmond Enquirer 1850s Copy Share Image
“Rome was not the first state of organized gangsterdom, nor was it the last; but it was the only one that managed… — Petr Beckmann Copy Share Image
“You do remember the lessons, however. Rome—corrupt, rich, and disorganized, a republic that ruled the world yet couldn’t rule itself. Its senators… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
“The explosion of grotesque immorality we associate with imperial Rome—open prostitution and perversion, the bloody gladiatorial combats, and so forth—is best understood… — Rod Bennett Copy Share Image
“Ancient politicians talked incessantly about morality and virtue; our politicians talk only about business and money. One will tell you that in… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“G.K. Chesterton put it well: “It was the best thing the world had yet seen, all things considered and on any large… — Rod Bennett Copy Share Image
“But such accounts as we have from the Romans were written in periods of panic, and the Roman could lie about his… — H.G. Wells Copy Share Image
This was the Athenians' war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have… — Livy Copy Share Image
The Romans did not see [the tale of Romulus, Remus and the she-wolf] as a charming story; they meant to show that… — Terry Jones Copy Share Image
“Remember the warning of F. F. Bruce: "Be prepared—to conscientiously study Romans is to invite cataclysmic change ... but a change that… — Desmond Ford Copy Share Image
The Romans had to kill him because he was threatening the order because he had a great deal of personal power. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The Romans brought with them spices such as ginger, pepper and cinnamon, and herbs including borage, chervil, dill, fennel, lovage, sage and… — Monty Don Copy Share Image
All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
[Instead] of inquiring why the Roman empire was destroyed, we should rather be surprised that it had subsisted so long. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Roman military tactics were much over-rated. All the clever ones had the same idea, which was to go round the back. — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
Since by the ordination of God I both am called and am Emperor of the Romans, in nothing but name shall I… — Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor Copy Share Image
“Romans is the most influential document in Christian history. It stimulated not only the Protestant Reformation but many other revivals throughout history.” — George R. Knight Copy Share Image
Sallust is indisputably one of the best historians among the Romans, both for the purity of his language and the elegance of… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
My dad's a history buff, and I spent a lot of time on Hadrian's Wall. I became fascinated by the idea of… — Neil Marshall Copy Share Image
“The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin.” — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
The Romans weren't trying to kill all the Jews, but they did destroy Jewish resistance to Roman rule. Jerusalem was turned into… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
“The Greek army refused to move an inch forward against the nations whose very name, according to Alexander, struck his soldiers with… — Dr Jayaswal Copy Share Image
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