Do we have to give Mr Sarkozy a history lesson? Yes, there are Gauls among our ancestors. But there are also Romans,… — Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Copy Share Image
“The Romans’ ideal was torn between heroism and glory. Both are epitomized in the instant of death. To die ‘fine death’ was… — Pascal Quignard 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
“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
There hasn't been this much excitement since the Romans fed the Christians to the Lions. — Sid Waddell Copy Share Image
“The English language is the tongue now current in England and her colonies throughout the world and also throughout the greater part… — Joseph Devlin 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
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 best match I've ever been in match-wise, I wrestled The Undertaker in France in a coliseum that was built in 300… — Big Show 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
“...Turn our thoughts, in the next place, to the characters of learned men. The priesthood have, in all ancient nations, nearly monopolized… — John Adams Copy Share Image
In summary, the Romans were opposed to tyranny in any form; and the feature of government to which they gave the most… — Anonymous 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
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
“If I were asked under what sky the human mind has most fully developed some of its choicest gifts, has most deeply… — Max Müller Copy Share Image
“To Judaism Christians ascribe the glory of having been the first religion to teach a pure monotheism. But monotheism existed long before… — John E. Remsburg 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
We are fascinated with our own history, and we are fascinated with the Romans because they were millennia ago, and yet they… — Kit Harington Copy Share Image
“In a policy shift which the historian Guy de la Bedoyere has compared with Western Imperialism, the Romans converted militant Britons to… — Catharine Arnold 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
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
Apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system, and public health ... what have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Roman history was kind of unavoidable where I was growing up. It was everywhere - all the place names and ruins and… — Neil Marshall Copy Share Image
