Lucius Quote by JP Kenwood

“Maximus was cleaning his blade on the dead man’s wolfskin. ‘You promised him his life,’ the Greek said. ‘No, I said death was his…

— Harry Sidebottom

“And among them all Taurus Antinor, praefect of Rome, with his ruddy hair and bronzed skin, his massive frame clad in gorgeously embroidered tunic.”

— Emmuska Orczy

“To my shame, the name he gave was not one that conjured any feeling in me: not fear, nor revulsion, nor horror at a…

— M.C. Scott

“Maximus said, "They have no tombstones. Not one man in Treverorum wept for their passing." he looked at his audience in turn and smiled.…

— Wallace Breem

“Prickly Cantii bitch. Think you’re better’n me?” “I know I am,” I said. “Ha!” he barked. “I’m not the one with the collar around…

— Lesley Livingston

“Barbarians are all alike... sit up half the night to discuss anything a Roman says.”

— Rudyard Kipling

“Think of it. Fifteen whole years-no small part of a mans life.-taken from us-all the most energetic have fallen to the cruelty of the…

— Tacitus

“Congratulations, ladies.” His smile faded, and his next words were like a dagger of ice down my spine. “You are now the property of…

— Lesley Livingston

“I shook my head. "You're going to get killed"Lucius shot me a conspiratorial look. "You, of all people, should know that's unlikely. Animals can't…

— Beth Fantaskey

“Here am I shedding one of my life-skins and all they will say is, 'Bernard is spending ten days in Rome'.”

— Virginia Woolf

“I have a beard,' Dr. Montague said, pleased, and looked around at them with a happy beam. 'My wife,' he told them, 'likes a…

— Shirley Jackson

“... all his faces were designed to express rage or loathing. Now that something had happened which really deserved a face, he had none…

— Kingsley Amis