Ancient Rome Quotes
Ancient Rome Quote of the day
If we were living in ancient Rome or Greece, I would be considered sickly and unattractive. The times dictate that thin is better for some strange reason, which I think is foolish.
Ancient Rome was as confident of the immutability of its world and the continual expansion and improvement of the human lot as we are today.
In ancient Israel and Rome the judge had appeared as a stand-in for the divine, and corruption was a blinding of the representative of the divine.
Internationally, ancient Rome and Greece cultures are just so fascinating. I don't think audiences will ever tire of it, because it's such an advanced society.
The failure of the roman system to furnish decent minimal standards for the mass of people was a fundamental cause of instability, both political and economic.
They think they are invincible. But, the truth is, Nova––gods fall just as hard as mortals. The only difference is... gods do not see the fall coming until it is too late.
It was no wonder they thought us to be immortal––our nightly celebrations put Olympus to shame.
Marcus turned his back to her. He feared that if he saw her face, it might weaken his resolve. Love was indeed a madness.
In an empire as unruly as Rome, it is quite easy to get away with something as thespian as murder.
no one tells you rome is ending until you're the last one standing alone in a coliseum where a city had been.
Hunting, bathing, gaming, laughing: that's living (venari lavare ludere ridere occest vivere).
She ran. Deeper, deeper into the mysterious Broceliande forest...
At the age of nineteen, on my own initiative and at my own expense, I raised an army by means of which I restored liberty4 to the republic, which had been oppressed by the tyranny of a faction.
Have I have played my part well in the comedy of life? If so, clap your hands and dismiss me from the stage with applause.
They say the eyes are the apertures to the soul. If that is so, I feared Locusta's soul was far darker than even Nero's.
Oblige me by taking away that knife. I can't look at the point of it. It reminds me of Roman history.
