“It was granted to those who had three children, or who served in certain divisions of the army. Sometimes to construct a merchant vessel of a certain tonnage, or to carry grain to Rome, was sufficient to obtain it.” — Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges Copy Share Image
History is no easy science; its subject, human society, is inifinitely complex. — Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges Copy Share Image
“By being a citizen of Rome, a man gained honor, wealth, and security. The Latins, therefore, became eager to obtain this title, and used… — Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges Copy Share Image
Do not applaud me. It is not I who speaks to you, but history which speaks through my mouth. Fustel de — Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges Copy Share Image
“It was granted to those who had three children, or who served in certain divisions of the army. Sometimes to construct a merchant vessel… — Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges Copy Share Image
“The ancient city, like all human society, had ranks, distinctions, and inequalities.” — Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges Copy Share Image
History studies not just facts and institutions, its real subject is the human spirit. — Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges Copy Share Image
“Beyond these there is a miserable crowd, indigent, without political rights, of no weight in the city, envious, full of hatred, and condemned by… — Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges Copy Share Image
History is not the accumulation of events of every kind which happened in the past. It is the science of human societies. — Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges Copy Share Image
