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The Rise of Rome: The Making of the World's Greatest Empire

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Marius (1)Hymn to a Macedonian King entering Athens (1)Anthony Everitt (1)Herenius Puntius (1)Polyibus (1)

“When fortune had deprived him of all hope for the future and driven him to the last extremity, then, while he used every resource which might bring him victory both in his preparations for the battle and on the field itself, he gave equal thought to how in the event of total defeat he could face tha…”

— Polyibus, amazon.com

Tagged: Acceptance, Amor fati

“There is no third option.”

— Herenius Puntius, amazon.com

Tagged: strategy

“The other gods are far away or cannot hear. Or are non-existent, or care nothing for us; But you are here, and visible to us, Not carved in wood or stone, but real. So to you we pray.”

— Hymn to a Macedonian King entering Athens, Anthony Everitt, amazon.com

Tagged: Life

“Either be greater than the Romans or else obey them.”

— Marius, amazon.com

Tagged: Life