As Crassus cast his die chasing the glory of Parthia's conquest, his fateful die ominously rolled on like his vainglorious head later did.
As the Roman playwright Terence once wrote:
"The life of a man is like a game of dice"
vita est hominum quasi quum ludas tesseris
As the Roman playwright Terence once wrote:
"The life of a man is like a game of dice"
vita est hominum quasi quum ludas tesseris
Marble portrait bust of Crassus-1st c. BC- at Louvre [1]
"Silver is worth less than gold, gold worth less than virtue."
Vilius argentum est auro, virtutibus aurum
-Horace, Epistles
Vilius argentum est auro, virtutibus aurum
-Horace, Epistles
Some say Fortuna favors the bold yet beware, the fickleness of Fortuna spares none from king to slave, her wheel will inexorably turn on you.
As Livy wrote:
"It is when fortune is most propitious that she is least to be trusted"
Maximae cuique fortunae minime credendum est
As Livy wrote:
"It is when fortune is most propitious that she is least to be trusted"
Maximae cuique fortunae minime credendum est
The above words about fortune were spoken by Hannibal to Scipio before the fateful Battle of Zama (202 BC) as recorded by Livy in his History of Rome.
A Roman marble torso of an emperor wearing a tunic & a cuirassed breastplate ca. mid 2nd-3rd c. AD sold at Christie's [1]
A Roman marble torso of an emperor wearing a tunic & a cuirassed breastplate ca. mid 2nd-3rd c. AD sold at Christie's [1]
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