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History is how we have learnt to think about ourselves. It's not as though the Greeks and Romans are static entities out there to be discovered and translated. We make them speak, we talk to them, and they inform what we say. Mary Beard
History Speak Think Say Static Though Ourselves Out About Entities Talk Make Learnt How Discovered Greeks Romans Inform Them Translated
Well, if you look at the whole story, I mean there's only Jews and Romans in the story. I mean I just wanted to flesh that character out and make that a drama about the people around Christ when he was going through this passion. Mel Gibson
Character You People Passion Christ Jews Drama Out About Only Through He Look Well Make Around Going Just Romans Wanted Story Mean Flesh Whole
The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear. Montesquieu
Great Had Highways Footwear Because Built Romans Paved Reason Inconvenient
Roman history was kind of unavoidable where I was growing up. It was everywhere - all the place names and ruins and forts. My dad's a history buff, and I spent a lot of time on Hadrian's Wall. I became fascinated by the idea of what was so terrifying up there that the Romans built a 60-mile long, 30ft high stone wall to keep it out? Neil Marshall
Time History Long Ruins Everywhere Spent Out Kind High Unavoidable Idea Names Buff Became Terrifying Built Lot Up Wall Stone Roman Where Romans Place Fascinated Dad Growing Keep Growing Up
My dad's a history buff, and I spent a lot of time on Hadrian's Wall. I became fascinated by the idea of what was so terrifying up there that the Romans built a 60-mile long, 30-ft-high stone wall to keep it out. Neil Marshall
Time History Long Spent Out Idea Buff Became Terrifying Built Lot Up Wall Stone Romans Fascinated Dad Keep
Traditionally, historians thought in terms of invasions: the Celts took over the islands, then the Romans, then the Anglo-Saxons. It now seems much more likely that the resident population doesn't change as much as thought. The people stay put but are reculturalized by some new dominant culture. Norman Davies
Change Culture People Thought Took Stay Some Seems More Put Over New Likely Terms Islands Historians Dominant Romans Then Much Population Now Resident
One whom the infernal gods of Hannibal will cause to be reborn, terror of mankind; never more horror nor worse days in the past than will come to the Romans through Babel. Nostradamus
Cause Will Past Worse Horror More Through Never Days Come Terror Nor Than Infernal Gods Romans Hannibal In The Past Mankind Whom Reborn Babel
We were all Romans once, I guess. Omar Epps
Guess Once Were Romans
The Romans used every housing form known today and they have a remarkably modern look. Stephen Gardiner
Today Every Remarkably Look Known Housing Modern Romans Form Used
When the Romans in the last age of the republic came into immediate contact with Iran as a consequence of the occupation of Syria, they found in existence the Persian empire regenerated by the Parthians. Theodor Mommsen
Age Immediate Syria Contact Empire Occupation Came Iran Existence Persian Romans Republic Found Last Consequence
If, as the emperor Augustus says, from his time the coast of the ocean from Cadiz to the mouth of the Elbe obeyed the Romans, the obedience in this corner of it was far from voluntary and little to be trusted. Theodor Mommsen
Time Obedience Ocean Mouth Corner Says Obeyed Voluntary Emperor His Trusted Romans Little Far Coast
The best teachers, one hopes, don't shout at their students - because they are skilled at wooing as well as demanding the best efforts of others. For the ancient Greeks and Romans, this wooing was a sufficiently fine art in itself to be the central focus of education. Tom Chatfield
Education Art Best Focus Demanding Others Ancient Ancient Greeks Hopes Fine Fine Art Students Well Because Itself Greeks Efforts Romans Wooing Central Skilled Shout Teachers Sufficiently
At school, we'd studied the Romans and the Saxons, and I was fascinated by it all. So I made my dad take me to the British Museum as often as possible. Tony Bradman
Me School Made British Museum Possible Take Studied Often Romans Fascinated Dad British Museum
The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in. Voltaire
Fight Architecture Wild Ancient Beasts Masterpieces Greatest Built Romans
The first Christians were formed by the first Easter into a new community that transcended all other commitments, encompassing the tax collector Matthew, a lackey of the occupying Romans, and Simon the Zealot, an insurrectionist. Richard Coles
First Community Other Easter Collector Simon New Occupying Were Encompassing Matthew Commitments Tax Romans Formed Christians
Ground elder, introduced by the Romans as a vegetable, is difficult to get rid of because it regrows from the smallest trace of root. Monty Don
Difficult Introduced Vegetable Smallest Trace Because Get Romans Elder Root Ground Rid
The Romans brought with them spices such as ginger, pepper and cinnamon, and herbs including borage, chervil, dill, fennel, lovage, sage and thyme, all of which have remained staples of the British kitchen. Monty Don
Spices Ginger Pepper Brought Kitchen Remained Sage Romans Which Them Including Herbs British
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