Empires Quote by Jared Diamond

What Roman power slowly built, an unarmed traitor instantly overthrew.

— Claudius Claudianus

It was no longer esteemed infamous for a Roman to survive his honor and independence.

— Edward Gibbon

“But Mount Tantiss was gone, destroyed by agents of the New Republic and C'baoth's own madness and treason. And Grand Admiral Thrawn was dead.…

— Timothy Zahn

Rome didn't create an Empire by holding meetings - they did it by killing their enemies.

— Chris Johnson

Roman military tactics were much over-rated. All the clever ones had the same idea, which was to go round the back.

— Mary Beard

“By virtue of its unbounded aggression, Roman imperialism was ultimately responsible for its own destruction.”

— Peter Heather

“THE ANCIENT ROMANS were used to being defeated. Like the rulers of most of history’s great empires, they could lose battle after battle but…

— Yuval Noah Harari

The Romans had to kill him because he was threatening the order because he had a great deal of personal power.

— Frederick Lenz

Who could not conquer with such troops as these?

— Stonewall Jackson

Another such victory over the Romans, and we are undone.

— Pyrrhus

They no longer had nor could find any arrows, javelins or stones with which to attack us...

— Hernando Cortes

There is in guerilla warfare no such thing as a decisive battle.

— Mao Zedong