“The whole of Hellas used once to carry arms, their habitations being unprotected and their communication with each other unsafe; indeed, to… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
In world mythology, there are countless examples of tragic characters whose greatest strength is also the source of their undoing. But the… — Simon Van Booy Copy Share Image
Citizens of Rome might boast that the claim of 'Civus romanus sum' set them apart from barbarians and slaves, and it was… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
The Ancient Romans did not regard acts of genius to emanate from within an individual - but rather saw it as a… — Liz Garbus Copy Share Image
“THE ANCIENT ROMANS were used to being defeated. Like the rulers of most of history’s great empires, they could lose battle after… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
I love drawing on lead. Romans used to curse each other with sheets of it. My slave would come slide the sheet… — Shea Hembrey Copy Share Image
“It was an article of faith to the Romans that they were the most morally upright people in the world. How else… — Tom Holland Copy Share Image
When we look at these types of things it echoes to lessons we haven't learned from the past. We still don't see… — Immortal Technique Copy Share Image
“Our enemies are Medes and Persians, men who for centuries have lived soft and luxurious lives; we of Macedon for generations past… — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
“Most of all, however, these observances attack and undermine the very spirit of life within the minds of men. They afford to… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
“And dozens of tiny hands reached up, and cast back dozens of tiny hoods. The robes fell away, revealing a motley of… — Phillip Andrew Bennett Low Copy Share Image
Everyone aimed at security: no one accepted responsibility. What was plainly lacking, long before the barbarian invasions had done their work, long… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
Discussing the attempts of Augustus' generals to add to the extent of the Roman Empire early in his reign: The northern countries… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“It was necessary, therefore, to Moses that he should find the people of Israel in Egypt enslaved and oppressed by the Egyptians,… — Waxkeep Publishing Copy Share Image
“they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers, ACT16.20 And brought them to the magistrates, saying,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But oh! the Latin!-Madame, you can really have no idea of what a mess it is. The Romans would never have found… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
“ Tacitus appears to have been as great an enthusiast as Petrarch for the revival of the republic and universal empire. He… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“Honour, in the Republic, had never been a goal in itself, only a means to an infinite end. And what was true… — Tom Holland Copy Share Image
“The Romans recognized potential difficulties in advance and always remedied them in time. They never let problems develop just so they could… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“It’s a saying from thousands of years ago, written in a language called Latin about a place called Rome,” he explains. “Panem… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Among the innumerable monuments of architecture constructed by the Romans, how many have escaped the notice of history, how few have resisted… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
History is how we have learnt to think about ourselves. It's not as though the Greeks and Romans are static entities out… — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
Greek is the embodiment of the fluent speech that runs or soars, the speech of a people which could not help giving… — Havelock Ellis Copy Share Image
“The Romans eat much Garlic and the Hungarians more while in the Markets of Sidon lovelorn Men pay Ransoms for a Jelly… — Lawrence Norfolk Copy Share Image
“Must I remind you that it was the Romans who brought civilization to your country?" Ralston's eyebrows rose. "You plan to be… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
“Anyone who speaks Latin (gets egged by the populace for being a nerd) must have wondered from the start if Panem was… — Leah Wilson Copy Share Image
“The gods were gone, but imperial status remained unchanged –divinus remained a technical term meaning ‘imperial’. The emperor’s position was all the… — Chris Wickham Copy Share Image
“The light of reason and civilization was virtually snuffed out by the Barbarian hordes who swarmed across Europe, annihilating everything the Romans… — Terry Jones Copy Share Image
“Were the Romans Christians?” I asked him, remembering my curiosity at the Roman farm. “Not always,” Ravn said. “They had their own… — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
The history of the Roman Empire is also the history of the uprising of the Empire of the Masses, who absorb and… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
The first Christians were formed by the first Easter into a new community that transcended all other commitments, encompassing the tax collector… — Richard Coles Copy Share Image
But in almost every province of the Roman world, an army of fanatics, without authority and without discipline, invaded the peaceful inhabitants;… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Then none was for a party; Than all were for the state; Then the great man helped the poor, And the poor… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
