“Once, in a cheap science fiction novel, Fat had come across a perfect description of the Black Iron Prison, but set in… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“Surely the greatest mercy granted us by Providence is our ignorance of the future. Imagine if we knew the outcome of our… — Robert Harris 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
“I remember Cannae," she said, raising her head, "when we thought all was lost. Carthage had defeated us, and there were those… — Paul Waters Copy Share Image
“At the age of nineteen, on my own initiative and at my own expense, I raised an army by means of which… — Augustus Copy Share Image
“Centurion! Would you like to be a cavalryman one last time? There are Venicones who escaped when your line was broken to… — Anthony Riches Copy Share Image
“The camp offices stood in the centre, adjoining the shrine to Jupiter that held the legion’s Eagle. In the camps of the… — M.C. Scott Copy Share Image
We stand todaybefore the awful proposition: either the triumph of imperialism and the destruction of all culture, and, as in ancient Rome,… — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share Image
“Europe’s earliest cookbook came from ancient Rome. In it, the writer Epicius described the recipes for dishes such as stuffed dormouse, and… — Marilyn Tolhurst Copy Share Image
“Silvanus, the camp prefect, took a step forward. I heard his voice every morning after parade, but had never listened to the… — M.C. Scott Copy Share Image
“In the centre of our line, eighty paces to my left, I felt Cadus raise his hand; I did not need to… — M.C. Scott Copy Share Image
Fit men walking around and bathing, it would be just like being in Ancient Rome [on a footballers dressing room — John Barrowman Copy Share Image
“But sometimes...sometimes I wake with a mad thought in my head: What if that boy's life mattered as much as anyone else's,… — Steven Saylor Copy Share Image
“Imagine Melitene, land of plenty, under snow and ice and high blue skies; imagine it in spring, with the meltwater running off… — M.C. Scott Copy Share Image
“Are you pair mad? You pitch up as if you own the place, and then you offer to relieve me of two… — Anthony Riches Copy Share Image
“I despised myself for my weakness. I may have dreamed all my youth of life as a horse-trader like my father; I… — M.C. Scott Copy Share Image
“The Petriana’s tribune dismounted a dozen paces short of the gate and stalked up to the palisade wall with a grim smile,… — Anthony Riches Copy Share Image
Going after a part in Hollywood is like being a gladiator in ancient Rome. When it comes down to getting a role,… — Jonathan Rhys Meyers Copy Share Image
My mother's father taught English literature. When I was about ten or eleven, I could recite Macaulay's 'Lays of Ancient Rome.' While… — Bernie Taupin Copy Share Image
“A man leaves his great house because he's bored With life at home, and suddenly returns, Finding himself no happier abroad. He… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
OVATION, n. n ancient Rome, a definite, formal pageant in honor of one who had been disserviceable to the enemies of the… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“In the General History of Africa, we come across very impressive facts about the culture of primitive African peoples. It is known,… — Alija Izetbegović Copy Share Image
