Europe Quote by Peter Heather

“Roman laws tended to be long and complex - one of Rome's most enduring legacies to the world is cumbersome and tortuous legal prose.”

— Adrian Goldsworthy

“The most general formulation of rights given with the natural is, in the words of Roman law, suum cuique, to each his own.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“While the Christian and civic traditions were intrinsically suspicious of commerce, the Roman civil law was not. Rediscovered in the revival of learning in…

— Jerry Z. Muller

“That's why the firm foundation of every land must be morality untarnished which, if destroyed, Rome will fall and founder.”

— Dániel Berzsenyi

“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…

— Tom Holland

“But what made Christians especially dangerous to the Roman order was their refusal to pay what Romans regarded as ordinary respect to their Roman…

— Elaine Pagels

“According to the maxims of universal toleration, the Romans protected a superstition which they despised.”

— Edward Gibbon

“It is not much better to fall honourably in defence of liberty, than be again exposed to the outrages of Romans? Such, at least,…

— Queen Boadicea (Marsha Hinds

“this period, they alone could elect the political officials of the Roman state; no matter how blue-blooded you were, you could only hold office…

— Mary Beard

“You do remember the lessons, however. Rome—corrupt, rich, and disorganized, a republic that ruled the world yet couldn’t rule itself. Its senators fighting for…

— Ilona Andrews

“You see, however, which is called the Court of Rome, and which neither you nor any man can deny to be more corrupt than…

— Martin Luther

“The failure of the roman system to furnish decent minimal standards for the mass of people was a fundamental cause of instability, both political…

— H.J. Haskell