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The Romans, we are told, were by nature a peculiarly warlike race.

The Roman legions were formed in the first instance of citizen soldiers, who yet had been made to submit to a rigid discipline, and to feel that in that submission lay their strength.

We were all Romans once, I guess.

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.

Barbarians always think of themselves as the bringers of civilization.

We are fascinated with our own history, and we are fascinated with the Romans because they were millennia ago, and yet they still capture our imagination because they were actually so similar to us. They were very civilized. They had a very similar political system.

All great civilizations, in their early stages, are based on success in war.

Those who have accomplished great things in the world have been, as a rule, bold, aggressive, and self-confident. They dared to step out from the crowd and act in an original way. They were not afraid to be generals.

The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.