The Roman Revolution Quotes

“as Polybius wrote, ‘Monarchy degenerates into tyranny, aristocracy into oligarchy, and democracy into savage violence and chaos.’2”
― Nick Holmes, The Roman Revolution: Crisis and Christianity in Ancient Rome

“Polybius wrote, ‘Monarchy degenerates into tyranny, aristocracy into oligarchy, and democracy into savage violence and chaos.”
― Nick Holmes, The Roman Revolution

“in 53 BC, Crassus and his seven legions were annihilated by the Parthians at the Battle of Carrhae in northern Mesopotamia.”
― Nick Holmes, The Roman Revolution: Crisis and Christianity in Ancient Rome

“A hundred years of inconclusive fighting between the Ptolemaic, Seleucid and Antigonid empires”
― Nick Holmes, The Roman Revolution: Crisis and Christianity in Ancient Rome

“the weakness of Alexander the Great’s successor states ‒ the Antigonid, Seleucid and Ptolemaic empires.”
― Nick Holmes, The Roman Revolution: Crisis and Christianity in Ancient Rome

“Monarchy degenerates into tyranny, aristocracy into oligarchy, and democracy into savage violence and chaos.”
― Nick Holmes, The Roman Revolution

“it was in reality always a benign oligarchy run by the rich and powerful members of Roman society.”
― Nick Holmes, The Roman Revolution

“For while the republic bore the trappings of democracy,”
― Nick Holmes, The Roman Revolution

“and a powerful navy matched only by that of Ptolemaic Egypt.”
― Nick Holmes, The Roman Revolution

“but it gave Rome complete mastery over the western Mediterranean”
― Nick Holmes, The Roman Revolution

“Not only did it expand Roman territory into Africa and Spain,”
― Nick Holmes, The Roman Revolution

“Roman victory over Carthage was a game changer.”
― Nick Holmes, The Roman Revolution

“The Palatine Hill was the one associated by the later Romans with the legend of Romulus,”
― Nick Holmes, The Roman Revolution

“Rome began as a small settlement perched upon a few hills surrounding the river Tiber,”
― Nick Holmes, The Roman Revolution

“how did a small city state rise from total obscurity to become one of the greatest empires in history?”
― Nick Holmes, The Roman Revolution

“The Roman Revolution”
― Nick Holmes, The Roman Revolution: Crisis and Christianity in Ancient Rome