Rome and the Italian peninsula — from the legions of the Republic and Empire to Machiavelli and the Risorgimento.
It is better that the guilty go unpunished than that the innocent be condemned.
— Trajan
"It is better that the guilty go unpunished than that the innocent be condemned."
Ungrateful fatherland, you shall not even have my bones.
— Scipio Africanus
"Ungrateful fatherland, you shall not even have my bones."
"It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are w..."
It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
— Niccolò Machiavelli
"It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both."
I wish to be to my subjects the emperor I should have wished for, had I been a subject.
"I wish to be to my subjects the emperor I should have wished for, had I been a s..."
I came, I saw, I conquered.
— Julius Caesar
"I came, I saw, I conquered."
I cannot show the images of my ancestors, but I can show the spoils and the scars I have won.
— Gaius Marius
"I cannot show the images of my ancestors, but I can show the spoils and the scar..."
Never was anything great achieved without danger.
"Never was anything great achieved without danger."
Here we make Italy, or we die.
— Giuseppe Garibaldi
"Here we make Italy, or we die."
"I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor provisions; I offer hunger, thirst, force..."
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