Quotes About Rome

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

in February of 44 B.C. he had himself declared dictator for life.

The dictator was due to quit Rome on March 18 to join his legions in Greece.

Caesar was cremated on the spot.

Rome became a republic in 509 B.C., after driving out its king and abolishing the monarchy.

he had the head chopped off and sent to Rome to be thrown at the feet of a statue of Julius Caesar.

As many as three hundred senators were butchered—among them Cicero

Rome's ancient ruling class was decimated, and surviving nobiles were scattered to all corners of the empire

AFTER PHILIPPI, NEARLY ALL THE men who had assassinated Julius Caesar were dead, and so was the Republic.

Tiberius, being his closest relative, called him by name and said, "Vale," "Farewell.

Now that Livia had become Julia Augusta, she had an official constitutional position

Livia died in A.D. 29 at the considerable age of eighty-six.

Caesar's heir was now ready to pounce. Both consulships were vacant

37 B.C.; it was in his interest to ensure that the west was quiet before he set off against Parthia

In his official memoir, he notes with satisfaction that he spent 600 million sesterces on land bought in Italy for his veterans

This was a massive blow to Rome's pride that would demand revenge

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

Octavian's most urgent task was to make his position official.

the writing of a monumental history of Rome, from the foundation to 9 B.C.

One of the consuls in 41 B.C. was Lucius Antonius, Mark Antony's brother

During one never-to-be-forgotten confrontation over a debt crisis in 493 BC, the entire population withdrew its labor. The plebs evacuated Rome and encamped on a neighboring hill. It was an inspired tactic. The Patricians were left in charge—but of empty streets.

Gaius was born in 20 B.C. and Lucius in 17.

The Julii traced their ancestry to before the city's foundation, traditionally set at 753 B.C.

In late 45 B.C., the eighteen-year-old Gaius Octavius settled into lodgings at Apollonia.