Quotes About Victory

vital political truth: military victory can be secured only by reconciliation with the defeated. Although most empire-builders in the ancient world

Perusian war proved that Antony and his supporters

According to Dio, he promised not to "take any cruel action simply because I have conquered

The war against Sextus Pompeius would not have been won without him

Presumably a storm did overtake Octavius, for he apparently suffered a shipwreck before reaching his destination.

his small party arrived to find the war over and Caesar victorious.

Wanting to prove himself as a general, he invaded the rest of Gaul (central and northern France and Belgium).

Caesar remarked wryly: "I have often fought for victory, but on this occasion I fought for my life as well.

By 49 B.C., he had added a huge new province to the empire

For himself he wanted a high command, an army and a war in some field where his gifts could shine in all their brightness.

SHOWDOWN 32–31 B.C.

As so often happens in human affairs, fate intervened at the moment of victory and destroyed the best-laid plans.

Has even a mediocre fighter ever let out a groan or changed the expression on his face? Who of them has disgraced himself, I don't just mean when he was on his feet, but when falling to the ground? And, once fallen, who has drawn in his neck when ordered to submit to the sword?

they missed the opportunity not only to win a decisive victory but also to capture the triumvir.

when he won the command to defeat Hannibal in the third century B.C.

Only ten thousand of his men survived the debacle. Humiliatingly, many legionary standards were captured.

Clemency was to be "the new style of conquest.

Caesar intended to return to Rome, a conquering hero, and stand for consul for 48 B.C.

following him during the years when he won one victory after another over incompetently led Roman legions.

Octavian's surviving ships were blown against the craggy coast and pounded against the rocks

this was the worst crisis of Octavian's career.

Meanwhile, the son of Pompey the Great celebrated his great victory.

who set on fire all the siege equipment and destroyed it.

Men in public life did their best to avoid accidental events or actions from being seen as unlucky. On a famous occasion during the civil war, Caesar tripped when disembarking from a ship on the shores of Africa and fell flat on his face. With his talent for improvisation, he spread out his arms and embraced the earth as a symbol of conquest. By quick thinking he turned a terrible omen of failure into one of victory.