Rome and the Italian peninsula — from the legions of the Republic and Empire to Machiavelli and the Risorgimento.
It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pai...
— Julius Caesar
"It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are w..."
I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor provisions; I offer hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles, ...
— Giuseppe Garibaldi
"I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor provisions; I offer hunger, thirst, force..."
I cannot show the images of my ancestors, but I can show the spoils and the scars I have won.
— Gaius Marius
"I cannot show the images of my ancestors, but I can show the spoils and the scar..."
I wish to be to my subjects the emperor I should have wished for, had I been a subject.
— Trajan
"I wish to be to my subjects the emperor I should have wished for, had I been a s..."
Here we make Italy, or we die.
"Here we make Italy, or we die."
Ungrateful fatherland, you shall not even have my bones.
— Scipio Africanus
"Ungrateful fatherland, you shall not even have my bones."
It is better that the guilty go unpunished than that the innocent be condemned.
"It is better that the guilty go unpunished than that the innocent be condemned."
Never was anything great achieved without danger.
— Niccolò Machiavelli
"Never was anything great achieved without danger."
I came, I saw, I conquered.
"I came, I saw, I conquered."
It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
"It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both."
