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Said between 200 and 101 BC
“Le amicizie devono essere immortali, e mortali le inimicizie. (citato in Tito Livio, XL, 46; 1997)”
Quinto Cecilio Metello (245–176 BC) said by 176 BC at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Si riconosce dai fatti e non dalle chiacchiere chi è davvero un amico. (citato in Tito Livio, XXXIV, 49; 1997)”
Tito Quinzio Flaminino (229–174 BC) said by 174 BC at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In all human affairs, and especially in those that relate to war, ... leave always some room to fortune, and to accidents which cannot be foreseen.”
Polybius (200–120 BC) said by 120 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 1.4 (tr. James Hampton, 1762)
“Nulla è tanto imprevedibile come le reazioni della massa. (citato in Tito Livio, XXXI, 34; 1997)”
Filippo V di Macedonia (238–179 BC) said by 179 BC at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Perché nulla riesce a fiaccare la natura umana più del mare in burrasca: anche colui che ha grande forza, presto lo annienteranno i flutti che non danno scampo. (Gian Biagio Conte)”
Livio Andronico (280–200 BC) said by 200 BC at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tu che per questa palude di canne | guidi la barca dei morti, | abbi di me pietà, | e al figlioletto mio ora che scende | per la scaletta porgigli la mano. | È in bilico sui sandali, trema la creatura | di scivolare coi piedini nudi | sulla sabbia bagnata. (Sandalini di bimbo nell'Ade)”
Diodoro Zona (101–101 BC) said by 101 BC at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Apollo: Non c'è nessuno di noi che non sia o l'ottimo padre degli déi o il padre Nettuno o il padre Libero o il padre Saturno o il padre Marte, Giano, Quirino, e non venga chiamato con questo nome. (1968)”
Gaio Lucilio (180–102 BC) said by 102 BC at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Lepus tute es; et pulpamentum quaeris!”
Livius Andronicus (280–200 BC) said by 200 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“La donna manda buon profumo quando non ne manda nessuno. (I, 3)”
Tito Maccio Plauto (250–184 BC) said by 184 BC at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am not carrying on a war of extermination against the Romans. I am contending for honour and empire. My ancestors yielded to Roman valour. I am endeavouring that others, in their turn, will be obliged to yield to my good fortune, and my valour.”
Hannibal (247–183 BC) said by 183 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Hannibal : Enemy of Rome (1992) by Leonard Cottrell, p. 150.
“Tutte le plebi, per natura come il mare immobili, sono agitate dai venti e dalle aure. (citato in Tito Livio, XXVIII, 27; 2006)”
Publio Cornelio Scipione (235–183 BC) said by 183 BC at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The two best-known cases, involving Pushyamitra Shunga and Shashank, cannot withstand historical criticism. The non-contemporary story (which surfaces more than three centuries after the facts) about Pushyamitra's offering money for the heads of monks is rendered improbable by firm historical facts of his allowing and patronizing monasteries and Buddhist universities in his domains.”
Pushyamitra Shunga (301–148 BC) said by 148 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have composed a book on the length of the year in which I show that the tropical year contains 365 days plus a fraction of a day which is not exactly 1/4 days as the mathematicians-astronomers suppose, but which is less than 1/4 by about 1/300.”
Hipparchus (190–120 BC) said by 120 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Chiedi quali progressi abbia fatto? Ho iniziato a essere amico di me stesso.”
Ecatone di Rodi (201–161 BC) said by 161 BC at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Città in vendita, andrai presto in rovina, se si troverà uno in grado di comperarti! (citato in Tito Livio, sommario del libro LXIV; 1997)”
Giugurta (160–104 BC) said by 104 BC at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Not by years but by disposition is wisdom acquired.”
Plautus (250–184 BC) said by 184 BC at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Non faremo mai una cosa simile: fuggire da loro! Se è giunta la nostra ora, moriamo da eroi per i nostri fratelli e non lasciamo ombra alla nostra gloria.”
Giuda Maccabeo (501–160 BC) said by 160 BC at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“La vecchiaia degli uomini celebri sia inviolata e sicura. (citato in Tito Livio, XXXVIII, 53; 2006)”
Tiberio Sempronio Gracco (162–133 BC) said by 133 BC at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He who is worthy of God is also a god among men.”
Quintus Sextius (51–101 BC) said by 101 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source