Famous quotes containing the words roman and/or history:
“It is a crime to put a Roman citizen in chains, it is an enormity to flog one, sheer murder to slay one: what, then, shall I say of crucifixion? It is impossible to find the word for such an abomination.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)
“A man will not need to study history to find out what is best for his own culture.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)