Cicero

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He who commands the sea has command of everything.

Themistocles

Quoted in Letters to Atticus, by Cicero

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Topic

Naval power Ocean and sea

Speaker

Themistocles

Author

Cicero

Source

Letters to Atticus

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

462 BC 460s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Themistocles. Quoted in Epistulae ad Atticum [Letters to Atticus], by Marcus Tullius Cicero. 1 century BC, bk. 10, no. 8.

Current Citation

Themistocles. Quoted in Cicero: Letters to Atticus, by Marcus Tullius Cicero, translated by D. R. Shackleton Bailey. Vol. 2, Harvard, University Press, 1999, bk. 10, no. 8.

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life, and brings us tidings of antiquity.

Cicero

On Oratory

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Topic

History

Author

Cicero

Source

On Oratory

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Definition

Language

Latin

Time

55 BC 50s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De Oratore [On the Orator]. c. 55 BC, bk. 2, ch. 9, sect. 36.

Current Citation

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Cicero: On the Orator, Books I-II, translated by E. W. Sutton and H. Rackham. Harvard University Press, 1948, bk. 2, ch. 9, sect. 36.

Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to.

Gladiator

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Topic

Duty

Speaker

Cicero

Actor

Tommy Flanagan

Source

Gladiator

Medium

Film

Genre

Historical drama (film) Drama (film) Historical drama Drama

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Gladiator. Directed by Ridley Scott. DreamWorks Pictures/ Scott Free Productions/Universal Pictures/Red Wagon Entertainment, 2000.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

Cicero

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Topic

Life's necessities Books Gardens

Author

Cicero

Source

Ad Familiares

Medium

Letter

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

44 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Letter to Marcus Terentius Varro. c. 46 BC.

Current Citation

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Letters to Friends, edited and translated by D. R. Shackleton Bailey. Vol. 2, Harvard University Press, 2001.

The shifts of Fortune test the reliability of friends.

Quintus Ennius

Quoted in On Friendship, by Cicero

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Topic

Tests of friendship

Speaker

Quintus Ennius

Author

Cicero

Source

On Friendship

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

44 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Laelius de Amicitia. c. 44 BC, ch. 17, sect. 64.