Roman Empire · Skopia

Books

7

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

1776★ 8.8

The Annals

117★ 7.6

The History of Rome

25 BC★ 7.2

I, Claudius

1934★ 7.0

The Secret History

550★ 6.7

SPQR

2015★ 6.7

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Quotes

4

The Roman world is falling, yet we hold our heads erect instead of bowing our necks.

396

★ 3.7

Film · Comedy (film) · Comedy

All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?

Monty Python's Life of Brian · 1979

★ 3.5

Political literature · Philosophical literature

The papacy is no other than the ghost of the deceased Roman Empire, sitting crowned upon the grave thereof.

Leviathan · 1651

★ 2.2

Historical literature

The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful. And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · 1776

★ 1.9