“Whatever men do is the stuff of our pages.” Juvenal, Sat. I.85–86
Pecunia · HistoriaeMoney · Histories
Avaritiam et ambitionem tamquam morbos rei publicae descripsit — ipse, ut aiunt, provinciae spoliis ditatus. Stilo brevi, antiquo, acri.He diagnosed greed and ambition as the twin diseases of the Republic — having, people say, grown rich himself on a plundered province. Terse, archaic, merciless prose.
Omnia Romae venalia.
Pecunia · Res PublicaMoney · Politics
Sallustius, qui verba Iugurthae Romam relinquentis memoriae prodidit, eadem Washingtoniae audit.Sallust, who recorded Jugurtha’s words as he left Rome, hears them again in Washington.
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Ante primam lucem, in tabellam tuam: res orbis terrarum, a Romanis iudicatae.Before first light, on your tablet: the world’s affairs, judged by Romans.
Gratias. Cras ante lucem tabellarius veniet.Thank you. The courier arrives tomorrow before dawn.
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