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I had always thought, for 'Roman Empire,' I would love to do the death of Marcus Aurelius in the snow. One morning I woke up, and it was really snowing.

— Anthony Mann

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Rome holds my psyche in balance. Whenever I'm there, it's like a holiday.

— Giambattista Valli

The history of Rome presents various men of greater genius than Scipio Aemilianus, but none equalling him in moral purity, in the utter absence of political selfishness, in generous love of his country, and none, perhaps, to whom destiny has assigned a more tragic part.

— Theodor Mommsen

If overconfidence can cause the Roman Empire to fall, I ought to be able to get a ground ball.

— Dan Quisenberry

Playing Mark Antony in Julius Caesar was the most thrilling thing I've done. You get these speeches that were written for men, and you're running around like an action hero, climbing scaffolding and beating people up. It was very freeing.

— Cush Jumbo

We were all Romans once, I guess.

— Omar Epps

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

— Livy

Since I came an adult - for more than 45 years - Marcus Aurelius has been my great idol.

— Helmut Schmidt

I prefer death in Christ Jesus to power over the farthest limits of the earth. He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire.

— Ignatius of Antioch

✗Opposing Perspectives

I spent the night on a sliver of rock high up on the east face of Long's Peak, climbing with Tom Frost, and slept at the icy feet of the Dru, listening to the lightning crack above me and the thunder roll down. I only did it to write about it. I would never go up on the Grotto Wall for fun.

— James Salter

What millions died that Caesar might be great!

— Thomas Campbell