Eastern Roman

Famous quotes containing the words eastern and/or roman:

“Your Beauty, ripe, and calm, and fresh,
As Eastern Summers are,
Must now, forsaking Time and Flesh,
Add light to some small Star.”
—Sir William Davenant (1606–1668)

“The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.”
—François Rabelais (1494–1553)