— That’s right, when the Etruscans heard that Corvus was leading the roman troops, they got into their fort and did not want to come out, not even to check on the weather.
— "Fortified camps are to be defended by arms, rather than arms being defended by fortified camps," Rullianus said.
— In order to really appreciate the beauty of a beach, one should not be swimming in the sea, neck-deep in the water.
— The wheelbarrow as we know it, made its appearance in Europe around the tenth century, at the height of the Dark Ages.
— And more than once, it happened that clients would get the wrong door, and walk into the school, before they realized, there were no girls there, but young students instead.
— In the end, Gaius Pontius saw that his old father — Herennius Pontius, had been right all along. Samnia now had a deadly enemy called Rome, and all Romans could think of, was vengeance.
— Instead, people die the day nobody ever talks about them, or even thinks about them.
— From this point of view, I can hardly wait until we get to the Emperors!
— The Romans are a people who do NOT know how to remain quiet after a defeat.
— Aeliana's body was placed on the left side of her husband Lucius' body.
— For thinking that the enemy sent his Triarii too early, the Latins ended up sending their own ones too early, and that cost them the battle.
— Alcetas, Arymbas, Aeacides, and Pyrrhus. Great-grandfather, grandfather, father, and son.
— Our great-grandfather killed for his country. He was defending Rome.
— The Gauls never stopped being a nightmare, deep in the subconscious of the Roman psyche.
— Apparently, the gods of the Romans didn't feel like going to bed, on that day.
— Dessert – Sliced Campanian honeydew melon, served with sweet cabbages from the Suessula region, and accompanied by assorted goat cheese from the Apennines.
— While Rome did everything using their own fists and nails, Carthage outsourced the work to others, as to not to get their fists and nails dirty.
— When Lucius Sextus Lateranus walked up those stairs, he was conscious that all Rome was staring at him.
— When they finished with that, the Gauls walked out the same door they had come in, some seven months earlier.
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A very good podcast on the very founding of the ancient Rome. And you learn a few Latin word's every time. Highly Recommended. (^^,)