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Famous quotes from ancient European wars!

"If I had not been defeated by you at Zama, I would have ranked myself above Alexander." ——Hannibal, Carthage who invaded Rome during the Second Punic War Famous general.

“Athenians, there is not much time left to encourage everyone, but for the brave, a few words are like a long speech.” ——Hippocrates Peloponnesus Athenian general in the Sacratic War

"Take it, or lie on it." - It is said that a Spartan mother gave the shield to her son and said this

" Contempt cuts the enemy's heart harder than killing." ——Victius, ancient Roman military theorist and author

"One day, our sacred Troy and Pleiades and. All the spear-bearing people of Pleiades will perish." - Homer's poem, the conqueror of Carthage, the famous Roman general Scipio the Younger, recited this sentence on the ruins of Carthage, fighting for his motherland. Worry.

“The die has been cast.” —Caesar, crossing the Rubicon

“The mother of a coward does not cry” —Latin proverb (Latium is Roman The area near the city)

“The most reluctant peace is more popular than the most just war.” ——Cicero

“There is no more outside us Only the waves, the crags, and the ferocious Romans were immune to their arrogance, and these robbers of the world, who had plundered all the continents, now came to rob the sea if their enemies were rich. They are greedy for wealth; if their enemies are poor, they also want to conquer to gain honor. No matter whether they are in the East or the West, they are greedy. They are the only ones in the world who have such greed for poverty and wealth. They rob, kill, and steal in the name of it. It is called "dominion," and everywhere it turns to scorched earth, it is called peace." -Tacitus's account of the atrocities of Rome by the British chief Catanicus in his speech before the final battle of Granbian Hill. accusation.

"Travellers in a foreign land, please bring a message to the Spartans, saying that we have faithfully fulfilled our promise and will sleep here forever" - "The Epitaph of Thermopylae"

" If the rain of Persian arrows can really cover the sky, then we are fighting in the shade." - Spartan King Dionis's disdainful reply to the Persian army during the Battle of Thermopylae

"Sparta. A wise man does not ask how many enemies there are, only where they are." - Spartan famous saying

"Rome will never make peace as long as there is a foreigner on Italian soil." - The national motto of Rome originated from Rome's reply to the Greeks during the Pyrrhic War.

“I have never learned to play beautiful music, but I know how to make an unknown town glorious and great.” ——Themistocles, father of the Athenian navy

"Varus, give me back my legions!" - In 9 AD in Teutoburg, three Roman legions were annihilated by the Germans under the leadership of Governor Varus. Augustus cried bitterly when he heard the news.

“The fighting power of a flock led by a lion is far better than that of a lion led by a sheep” - Alexander the Great

Too much, I’m tired~~~~~~