History Quote by Yuval Noah Harari

“vital political truth: military victory can be secured only by reconciliation with the defeated. Although most empire-builders in the ancient world”

— Anthony Everitt

The only reason an empire ever fights wars is to maintain empire.

— Abby Martin

“An empire cannot be destroyed from without till it is destroyed from within.”

— Pierce Brown

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

— Peter Heather

Empires won by conquest have always fallen either by revolt within or by defeat by a rival.

— John Boyd Orr

“The long existence of the Roman Empire had everything to do with the legions. While the legions were strong, Rome was strong. Conversely, the…

— Stephen Dando-Collins

“The military failure of the old empire was subsequently not mourned as an outward loss but celebrated as an inward gain.”

— Louisa Thomsen Brits

Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings, they did it by killing all those who opposed them. If at first you…

— Quentin Crisp

A great civilization is not conquered from without, until it has destroyed itself from within. The essential causes of Rome's decline lay in her…

— Will Durant

“In the East — in Greece and Syria and Egypt — the Romans had conquered countries which had ancient and splendid traditions, and were…

— George Hodges

“Let them cease, then, to insult the Roman empire, who pretend that they are the sons of the Church; when they see that Christ,…

— Dante Alighieri

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

— Chris Johnson