Quotes by Peter Heather

Foreign policy often involved nothing more than the decision whom to make war upon.

The way to a landowners heart was to tax gently.

The cornerstone of the Roman legionnaires astonishing fighting spirit can be attributed to their training.

The factor that made him so powerful was also his greatest liability.

With ancient history writers most immediately in view, the author indicates tendency to look to the virtues and vices of individuals when seeking causes.

He was a stylist, not a thinker. He spent time trying to say things in as complicated a way as possible.

Author describes one monarchs impressive table but conveys a contemporarys observation, the weightiest thing at dinner was the conversation.

Never base motivation or fear, entirely.

Reality confounds image.