The immortal gods are wont to allow those persons whom they wish to punish for their guilt sometimes a greater prosperity and longer...

Gaius Cosconius was accused under the Servilian law, and because of his many obvious crimes, there was no doubt that he was guilty. But...

I shall add the story of two men who were acquitted through the fault of their accusers. Marcus Flavius was brought on trial before the...

Benjamin Franklin to Lord Howe: To me it seems that neither the obtaining or retaining of any Trade, how valuable soever, is an Object...

That is the account told by the Argives and Aeginetans, and they agree with the Athenians that only one Athenian returned home to Attica...

He also appointed Otanes to command the forces stationed along the coast. The father of this Otanes was Sisamnes, one of the royal...

Southerners were rejoicing and gloating after a Yankee defeat: The news of the capture of Holly Springs and the destruction of our...

Unless these actions are investigated by a tribunal, unless the guilty are punished, what will remain except to pass our lives in...

The Carian, also, from whose wound in the ham Cyrus died, suing for his reward, he commanded those that brought it him to say that “the...

Fabricius was a Roman leader when Rome was at war with Pyrrhus. There were trying to negotiate a peace treaty when the following occurred:

Great story of the Roman General Camillus….., giving liberty to the chief citizens to choose what magistrates they pleased, and to appoint Camillus military tribune, with five colleagues; affairs then requiring a commander of authority and reputation, as well as experience. And when the people had ratified the election, he marched with his forces into the territories of the Faliscans, and laid siege to Falerii, a well-fortified city, and plentifully stored with all necessarie

The rest of the Sabines, enraged hereat, choosing Tatius their captain, marched straight against Rome. The city was almost inaccessible, having for its fortress that which is now the Capitol, where a strong guard was placed, and Tarpeius their captain; But Tarpeia, daughter to the captain, coveting the golden bracelets she saw them wear, betrayed the fort into the Sabines’ hands, and asked, in reward of her treachery, the things they wore on their left arms. Tatius conditioni

The volumes to feed Lincoln's intellectual hunger did not come cheaply. The story is often recounted of the time he borrowed Parson Weems's Life of George Washington from Josiah Crawford, a well-to-do farmer who lived sixteen miles away. Thrilled by this celebrated account of the first president's life, he took the book to his loft at night, where, by the light of a tallow candle, or if tallow was scarce, by a grease lamp made from hickory bark gathered in the woods, he read

Alexander Hamilton:

Solon believed soldiers should make more money than athletes:

Plato on Virtue:

Churchill on Holocaust: