Done Quote by William Watson

“Fiat voluntas tua,”

— Bernard Cornwell

“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

“He who conquers is not the victor unless the loser considers himself beaten (qui vincit non est victor nisi victus fatebur).”

— Anonymous

“Rome would never have need of a dictator if she had such men in office, men so united in heart, as ready to obey…

— Livy

I am praetor of the legion," Reyna said. "I judge this to be in the best interest of Rome." "To get yourself killed? To…

— Rick Riordan

“stay the hand of vengeance and voluntarily submit their captive enemies to the judgement of the law is one of the most significant tributes…

— Ann Tusa

“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

“Dimidium facti qui coepit habet: sapere aude" ("He who has begun is half done: dare to know!").”

— Horace

You, Roman, remember to rule peoples with your power. -Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento

— Virgil

“The unwholesome-looking little moral agent of destruction exulted silently in the possession of personal prestige, keeping in check this man armed with the defensive…

— Joseph Conrad

“And, just as he had wished, none of us had ever forgotten the maxim which, he remembered, he had bequeathed us. Indeed, the fine…

— Joachim Fest

“Feeling he’d captured the throng, Trost decided to get literary. “Salus populi suprema lex esto.” She looked at me. “What the fuck was that?”…

— Craig Johnson