The problem
'Do not imagine, gentlemen, that it was by force of arms that our ancestors transformed a petty state into this great republic. If it were so, it would now be at the height of its glory, since we have more subjects and citizens, more arms and horses, than they ever had.
'No, it was something else entirely that made them great - something we entirely lack.
'They were hard workers at home, just rulers abroad, and to the senate-they brought minds that were not racked by guilt or enslaved by passion. That is what we've lost.
-Marcus Cato, December 5, 63BC
'No, it was something else entirely that made them great - something we entirely lack.
'They were hard workers at home, just rulers abroad, and to the senate-they brought minds that were not racked by guilt or enslaved by passion. That is what we've lost.
-Marcus Cato, December 5, 63BC