“Enthusiasts for empire argued that Rome had a civilizing mission; that because her values and institutions were self-evidently superior to those of barbarians, she had a duty to propagate them; that only once the whole globe had been subjected to… — Tom Holland 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 was the size of their empire to be explained? Yet they also knew that the Republic's greatness carried… — Tom Holland Copy Share
When I'm on set, I don't really think about what an audience is going to think about a scene. I'm just thinking about how… — Tom Holland Copy Share Image
I've made 'The Pilgrimage' - where I actually had to speak Gaelic - and I was shooting in Belfast as well. — Tom Holland Copy Share Image
'Civil War' was such a whirlwind, and I didn't really know what was going on. I was thrown into the deep end. — Tom Holland Copy Share Image
Me and my mates go free running all the time. It's not my mum's favourite sport. I've probably jumped four metres on to grass… — Tom Holland Copy Share Image
Marvel actually sent me to a school in the Bronx where I had a fake name, and I put on an accent, and I… — Tom Holland Copy Share Image
When I was young, my mom realized I could dance and hold a beat, and I really danced just for fun. It was good… — Tom Holland Copy Share Image
It's definitely a good way to stay in touch with your fans. The main reason I really use Instagram is because I want to… — Tom Holland Copy Share Image
There's too much we don't know about the ocean to make me feel comfortable around it. — Tom Holland Copy Share Image
Like, 100 percent, I hate spiders. I thought I really liked them, and I learned that was just false. I really can't be around… — Tom Holland 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 of her citizens, naturally, was also true of Rome herself. For the generation that had lived through the civil wars, this was the consolation history gave them. Out of calamity could come greatness. Out of dispossession could come… — Tom Holland Copy Share
“[T]he greater the sense of awe with which a text was regarded, the more complete might be the amnesia as to the original circumstances… — Tom Holland Copy Share Image
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