Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
By Francesco de’ Rossi (1510–1563), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Marcus Furius Camillus knew he must make the Falisci submit to Rome, but the method one man proposed was more than he could stomach.
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By Andrea Mantegna (1431–1506), via the Royal Collection and Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Marullus was disgusted at the way that the fickle people of Rome turned so easily from one hero to another.
© Greg Willis, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Following a succesful hunting partnership, the Lion explains how the spoils are to be divided.
© ken93110, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.
The English ‘Cato’ cautioned that sabre-rattling sanctions and other forms of coercion are never in the country’s economic interest.
By Heinrich Friedrich Füger (1751-1818), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Roman statesman Gnaeus Marcius Coriolanus was thrust out the City for his hardline politics, but he did not stay away for long.
From the Bayeux Tapestry Museum, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Charles Dickens laments William the Conqueror’s brutal rampage through rebellious Durham and Yorkshire.