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The Story of Civilization...: Caesar and Christ
The Story of Civilization...: Caesar and Christ | Will Durant
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rmvanderpool7
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"There is no greater drama in human record than the sight of a few Christians, scorned or oppressed by a succession of emperors, bearing all trials with a fierce tenacity, multiplying quietly, building order while their enemies generated chaos, fighting the sword with the word, brutality with hope, and at last defeating the strongest state that history has known. Caesar and Christ had met in the arena, and Christ had won."

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GoneFishing

"Be lavish in your promises,” Quintus advised; “men prefer a false promise to a flat refusal."

Angeles This is why I still read the classics. Greek and Roman writers truly understood people, and described them without sentimentality or foolish optimism, but with humor and wit 7y
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GoneFishing

the movement of intelligence over western and southern Europe was as rapid in Caesar‘s day as at any time before the railway. In 54 B.C. Caesar‘s letter from Britain reached Cicero at Rome in twenty-nine days; in 1834 Sir Robert Peel, hurrying from Rome to London, required thirty days.

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GoneFishing

Even in government the role of women grew. Cato cried out that “all other men rule over women; but we Romans, who rule all men, are ruled by our women.” In 195 B.C. the free women of Rome swept into the Forum and demanded the repeal of the Oppian Law of 215, which had forbidden women to use gold ornaments, varicolored dresses, or chariots.

Readingnomad1 I just read a small bit of this text for my history homework tonight. Weird coincidence 🤔 7y
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GoneFishing

Rome remained great as long as she had enemies who forced her to unity, vision, and heroism. When she had overcome them all she flourished for a moment and then began to die.