Author: Douglas Jackson

Cites

• Cornelius Tacitus (2)
  • IN: Sword of Rome (2013) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: The story I now commence is rich in vicissitudes, grim with warfare, torn by civil strife, a tale of honour even during times of peace.
    FROM: The Histories, (110), Book, Roman
  • IN: Enemy of Rome (2014) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: Once before, the Capitol had been consumed, but then only through the crime of individuals; now it was openly besieged, and openly set on fire.
    FROM: The Histories, (110), Book, Italy
• Gaius Suetonius (1)
  • IN: Saviour of Rome (2016) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: Some are of the opinion that he was driven to his rapacious proceedings by the extreme poverty of the treasury and exchequer.
    FROM: Lives of the Twelve Caesars, (121), Book, Italy
• Flavius Josephus (1)
  • IN: Scourge of Rome (2015) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: What I recount is an act unparalleled in the history of the Greeks or the barbarians, and as horrible to relate as it is incredible to hear.
    FROM: The Siege of Jerusalem (The Jewish War), (75), Book, Romano-Jewish
• Claudius (1)
  • IN: Hero of Rome (2010) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: What was the ruin of Sparta and Athens, but this, that mighty as they were in war, they spurned from them as aliens those whom they had conquered?
    FROM: An address by Claudius, the Emeror of Rome, to the Senate, (48), Speech, Italy