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“Sp. Nautius and Sex. Furius were now consuls.”

— Livy

“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

“Tiberius Nero’s face lit up with a smile. “What did you do, offer to make him consul?” I asked Tavius later. He shook his…

— Phyllis T. Smith

“The Roman envoys replied that they would go where their own generals led them, not where bidden by their enemies.”

— Livy

“He would be a consul no doubt by and by, at some foreign port, of the language of which he was ignorant; though if…

— Mark Twain

“Seeking more information, I walked through the market listening to the gossip and discovered that our new general, the man sent to quell the…

— M.C. Scott

“When the Persians finally overran the Spartans, I looked over at Augustus again. Even though the good guys had just lost, Augustus seemed downright”

— John Green

“There, publicly throwing off the mask under which he had hitherto concealed his real character and feelings, he made a speech painting in vivid…

— Livy

“And what did it matter that Brutus had killed a tyrant? Tyranny still existed in every heart and Rome only existed in Brutus.”

— Anonymous

“Polybius managed to attach himself to the clan and person of Scipio Aemilianus, grandson of one of the two losing consuls at Cannae,”

— Robert L. O'Connell

“Meanwhile the party opposed to the traitors proved numerous enough to prevent the gates being immediately thrown open, and in concert with Eucles, the…

— Thucydides

“They breathe the spirit of benevolence for which Toscanelli was noted, and indicate the greatness of the man—a greatness decidedly in contrast to the…

— Frederick A. (Frederick Albion) Ober