King of Rome/kings of Rome 753 BC - 509 BC

Famous quotes containing the words king, rome and/or kings:

    “Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?”
    —Henry II, King (1133–1189)

    “The old world stands serenely behind the new, as one mountain yonder towers behind another, more dim and distant. Rome imposes her story still upon this late generation.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “They know, and will therefore say, that kings are the servants, not the proprietors of the people.”
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)