Quotes About Roman

These exchanges are reported without comment by the East Roman historian Theophylact Simocatta (charmingly, his surname means 'the one-eyed cat').

when all the bullshit about rational, divinely inspired social order is put to one side, Roman law was all about defining and protecting property rights...

By virtue of its unbounded aggression, Roman imperialism was ultimately responsible for its own destruction.

But as they stretched him out to strap him down, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it lawful for you to flog a Roman citizen without a trial?”

Then those who were about to interrogate Paul stepped back, and the commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put a Roman citizen in chains.

I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.