TIBERIUS GRACCHUS - PART III
When Gracchus wanted to be reelected as tribune, he was killed on the Capitol by the optimates, led by Publius Cornelius Nasica. Gracchus was first hit by a piece of a chair, and with those who perished in this fight, he was thrown in the river, without funeral.
— Livy
TIBERIUS GRACCHUS - PART II
For now there sprang up in the palace of the kings of Rome a monstrous growth of wickedness, to the end, it may well be believed, that the people might, for hatred of kingship and its way, come the earlier to love liberty.
— Livy
TIBERIUS GRACCHUS - PART I
Octavius … set himself in opposition to Tiberius and staved off the passage of the law.
— Plutarch
ROME: A BRIEF CIVICS LESSON
Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
— Livy
NOTABLE WOMEN OF ANCIENT ROME
One of the downsides of working in antiquity is that you don't have many female voices, but you certainly have a lot of male terror about the potential of women's power. It shows you very clearly that the most oppressive cultures tend to be afraid of those whom they oppress.
— Mary Beard
LET’S TALK GLADIATORS
The girls' heartthrob! The Thracian Celadus, of Octavius -- 3 wins, 3 trophies.
— Graffiti found at Pompeii
HOW THE ROMANS DIFFERED FROM US
All who drink of this remedy recover in a short time except those whom it does not help, who all die.
— Galen