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If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.

The Romans were not inventors of the supporting arch, but its extended use in vaults and intersecting barrel shapes and domes is theirs.

Harry Seidler

The Romans had been able to post their laws on boards in public places, confidant that enough literate people existed to read them; far into the Middle Ages, even kings remained illiterate.

J. M. Roberts

When in Rome, live as the Romans do; when elsewhere, live as they live elsewhere.

Saint Ambrose

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

Goldwin Smith

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If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.

Heinrich Heine

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The Romans were not inventors of the supporting arch, but its extended use in vaults and intersecting barrel shapes and domes is theirs.

Harry Seidler

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The Romans had been able to post their laws on boards in public places, confidant that enough literate people existed to read them; far into the Middle Ages, even kings remained illiterate.

J. M. Roberts

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When in Rome, live as the Romans do; when elsewhere, live as they live elsewhere.

Saint Ambrose

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

Goldwin Smith

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Another such victory over the Romans, and we are undone.

Pyrrhus

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The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.

Charles de Montesquieu

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

Thomas Jefferson

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In summary, the Romans were opposed to tyranny in any form; and the feature of government to which they gave the most thought was an elaborate system of checks and balances.

Robert Welch

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It's not the Jews that killed Christ. It was a political situation, and it was the Romans who killed Jesus. They put Jesus on the cross, not the Jews.

Monica Bellucci

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