| 单词 | Roman |
| 例句 | She found herself surrounded by a knee-high mound of treasure—Roman denarii, silver drachmas, ancient gold jewelry, glittering diamonds and topaz and rubies—enough to fill several lawn bags. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Octavian capitalized on Mark Antony’s rejection of his respectable Roman wife. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In every other province that the Romans entered, the native inhabitants brought them in. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z It was a beautifully carved Roman marble sarcophagus. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The dogs circled the courtyard, keeping their distance from the Athena Parthenos, which radiated hostility towards everything Roman. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The voice of Ares shouted back: Kill the Romans! The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Well, lots of Romans spoke Greek,” Hazel said. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “It is very traditional. Let us see if these questers have the strength to survive without help, like true Romans!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Revolutionaries, Roman centurions, Napoleonic cavalry on skeletal horses. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Annabeth had mentioned it too, back in August, when she’d speculated that the giants might be part of the new Great Prophecy— what the Romans called the Prophecy of Seven. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z If Jason no longer gave off the right sort of vibe, or the aura of a Roman leader... The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Mr. Quisling gestured to his lecture outline about the Roman Empire and said, “Then surely you know what Edgar Allan Poe and Julius Caesar have in common?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z ‘So Percy and me for the Greeks. Frank and Hazel for the Romans. Is that the ultimate non-competitive dream team or what?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The strange thing about Roman soldiers in the comics, according to Rahel, was the amount of trouble they took over their armor and their helmets, and then, after all that, they left their legs bare. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of them, however, in Rome had Roman names. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z From east to west in the Old World, the Macedonian Empire and the Roman Empire both spanned 3,000 miles, the Mongol Empire 6,000 miles. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Every time one landed, the Romans panicked and ran. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Dad’s annoying in either form. Me? I was called Heracles. Then the Romans came along and named me Hercules. I didn’t really change that much, though lately just thinking about it gives me splitting headaches...” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “They were a noble Roman family, and...wow, this place is amazing.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z As disturbing as the rumors of Cleopatra’s influence and Caesar’s growing power were to his colleagues, Caesar was still very much admired by the Roman people. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z As anticipated, Egypt became part of the newly established Roman Empire. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z ‘You build machines. How can you not know what an onager is? It’s just the biggest, baddest catapult ever used by the Roman army.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He remembered Octavian speaking with the Earth Goddess’s voice: The Romans move east from New York. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Diego wrestled the lighter from my brother and then lit three Roman candles, which sent streamers of blue and red and green sparks into the air. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z There’s standing room only at St. Martin of Tours Roman Catholic church on Hancock Street, and it’s a sea of all shades of brown people wearing either black or white. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z They were well toward middle age when Caesar destroyed the Roman republic in the process of saving it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z A few of the Roman campers hustled forward—apparently the senior officers. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She leaned over and kissed him: a good, proper kiss without anyone watching—no Romans anywhere, no screaming satyr chaperones. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Then a short section on Roman numerals, and on to fractions. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z And I laugh because Mother dislikes the “Roman rooster,” our name for turkey. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z “How does a god become Roman? If he’s Greek, wouldn’t he stay Greek?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Roman, thirty-two, inquisitive and outspoken, has a doctorate in biology from Stanford and an abiding distrust of conventional wisdom. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “That used to be a temple to Jupiter. The Christians changed it to a baptistery. The Roman ghosts don’t like that.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The Romans had already threatened Egyptian borders by seizing control of neighboring Syria. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The Roman demigods swore it would never see the light of day. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “And...oh gods! Audrey Hepburn! I know this movie. Roman Holiday. But that was from the 1950s. How—?” “Oh, my dear!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z "How long do you plan to hold that against me? You said you didn't want dead Roman for tea!" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z It was a kind of boot camp, training young minds in the use of theological weaponry against the fortress of Roman Catholicism. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z By giving his fellow Romans time to finish their defenses, he’d saved the Republic. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In the centre stood the well-preserved shell of a Roman temple. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She wailed, falling sideways as the net constricted, forcing her two forms - Greek and Roman - into a quivering, out-of-focus whole. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Philip of Macedon—not the father of Alexander, but the man defeated by Titus Quinctius—did not have much of a state compared to the great power of the Romans and Greeks who attacked him. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z At their height, the Romans lived among all their conquered, the outer peoples brought to the city as ambassadors, lovers, soldiers, slaves. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Roman demigods had formed ranks and were advancing toward the Argo II, but a miniature storm had gathered over their heads. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z That’s when smallpox finally reached Rome, as the Plague of Antoninus, which killed millions of Roman citizens between A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Horses were for officers only, or barbarian cavalry, not for Roman legionnaires. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He offered Gabinius—the Roman governor of Syria, a kingdom under Rome’s control—a huge sum for the loan of his army. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She described how their team of Greeks and Romans had come together, and how Hercules had thrown a temper tantrum when he found out Hera was behind it. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Even for Roman demigods, the name conjured up an image of a silly winged baby with a toy bow and arrow, flying around in his diapers on Valentine’s Day. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “The first part’s his name, and the last bit’s Roman. And there’s the dates in the middle when he was Master. And the other name must be his demon.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z We’re taught that Western civilization originated in the Near East, was brought to brilliant heights in Europe by the Greeks and Romans, and produced three of the world’s great religions: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The formation of the Roman state and the expansion of the Macedonian Empire under Alexander were described in detail by contemporary classical authors. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The boy with the Roman candle is staring at me. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Cherry bombs, Roman candles, ground spinners, parachutes, sparklers. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z For more than two years, he had been spreading filthy rumors about her evil ways to add to the stories that the Romans already knew. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Percy didn’t notice any cars veering off the road or Romans pointing to the sky and screaming, “Aliens!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Octavian could not disappoint the Romans, anxious to see the object of their hatred and the cause of their suffering brought before them in chains. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z All Roman cities have them, but in Pompeii -’ ‘The whole city was wiped out,’ Reyna remembered. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Greek and Roman mythology is quite generally supposed to show us the way the human race thought and felt untold ages ago. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel said, “but the Romans don’t realize that. And they’ll be pursuing us in retaliation.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They needed to get rid of Caesar and send the Romans on their way. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “Whatever, man. Maybe he’s better on the Roman side. But why would he be hanging around in Kansas? Didn’t Zeus order the gods to cease all contact with mortals?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Reyna knew that Ancient Romans had spent at least half their time fighting each other, but she decided not to bring that up. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z ‘We’ve seen no sign of other Romans, so it appears Bryce didn’t notify anyone else where he was. Also, no sign of Orion. Hopefully that means he was taken down by the Hunters.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z If they could fly their warship into the Roman Colosseum with ballistae blazing and not even cause a traffic slowdown, he figured they could get away with anything. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In later days, he was said to be the same as the Greek Cronus and the father of Jupiter, the Roman Zeus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Unfortunately, that’s not the worst of it. I saw images of a possible future—the camp in flames, Roman and Greek demigods lying dead. And Gaea...” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Before. From Druid times. Before the Romans came. It’s called a snake-stone. Seen ’em in museums. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The Romans would be the main course at a monster dinner. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “If you let Gaea drive our camps apart,” Annabeth said, “the giants have already won. They’ll destroy the Romans, the Greeks, the gods, the whole mortal world.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Life for these Roman soldiers was relaxing and carefree compared to what they might be required to do elsewhere. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z ‘My point,’ Jason said, ‘is that blaming each other isn’t going solve anything. That’s how the Romans and Greeks got divided in the first place.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The Romans might not follow them, but they couldn’t count on any help from Camp Half-Blood, either. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He had fired on the Romans and brought his friends nothing but trouble. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The boy turns his head and pivots his body just in time; the Roman candle’s projectile misses my parachute by several feet. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Well, you’re that busy I’m sure. But it’s interesting, just the same. In keeping with what you were quoting there in your Romans, chapter twelve. You remember the third verse, do you not?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Her scalp tingled, as if the thoughts in her brain were agitating to get out: a statue...Athena...Greek and Roman, her nightmares, and her argument with her mom. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It would perhaps be unfair to say that the Romans cribbed their calendar from “decadent” Egypt, but not unfair by much. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Yes, the Romans did tend wild strawberries in their gardens. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She had threatened to take control of every Roman—just as she had taken control of Mark Antony. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z No plural form is necessary, and the old singular, datum, can be left to the Romans. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “If I know Octavian, he’s searching for us with his auguries. The Romans will send a strike force after us. It’s a matter of honor.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When it’s only about fifteen feet off the ground, I see a boy aiming his Roman candle in the same direction. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Fleeing Back to Egypt As the Romans chose sides between Mark Antony, Octavian, and Marcus Lepidus, the Republic was once again plunged into civil war. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z They had a passion for order and symmetry, much like the Romans, but they knew how foolish it was to deny the unseen world, the old gods. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She saw a loft apartment filled with Roman demigods. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They seemed to be everywhere at once—whacking Romans on the head, stealing their weapons, cutting their belts so their pants fell around their ankles. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The other three Roman cohorts were in a defensive formation several hundred yards away and seemed to be taking the brunt of the attack. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “As fine as it looks on this hill, I didn’t come all this way to admire it. According to Annabeth, it must be returned to Camp Half-Blood by a Roman leader. Do I understand correctly?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Your Greek and Roman personalities fighting against one another.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Seriously, don’t you Romans have nature and trees and stuff? I’ve got some news you need to hear. Plus, I’m a card-carrying protector. I’m here to, you know, protect Rachel.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Chiron, escorted by Frank and Hazel, inspected the Roman troops and praised them for their bravery. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z ‘Because I have so many amazing qualities to praise! Octavian said he wanted to make the Romans strong again. I said fine! I gave him my blessing.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z We have seen that Roman lawyers regarded vestigia, which originally meant the tracks left by an animal, as a form of evidence. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Leo, the Romans were top-notch engineers,” Hazel reminded him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He had a hooked Roman nose and a Little Richard mustache. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Roman doesn't know the shaky days—just this moment, his dark blue Keds pointing toward the sky, his laughter and screams, like wind through the screen door. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Each dorm had a different collection of banners out front displaying Roman numerals and various animals—eagle, bear, wolf, horse, and something that looked like a hamster. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “I have these dreams all the time where I’m fighting loads of Roman soldiers.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It is called Giordano Bruno after the sixteenth-century Roman Catholic scholar who held that there are an infinity of worlds and that many are inhabited. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Roman numerals are used to number the chords. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Most Romans did not surround themselves with the costly trappings and plush furnishings the Alexandrians enjoyed. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Although still within the Holy Roman Empire, he had crossed a significant invisible border, from the northern states where the Reformed Churches held sway to the southern region where the Catholic influence was dominant. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z At the edge of the woods stood a Roman legionnaire in full armour, holding a pilum. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z One was taller and older than the rest, with plaited silver hair and fine silk robes like a Roman matron. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Aphrodite’s words came back to Piper: You must bridge the gap between Roman and Greek, my child. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “In ancient times, two great Roman roads met here. News was exchanged. Markets were held. Friends met, and enemies fought. Entire armies had to choose a direction. Crossroads are always places of decision.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And according to her dagger, that crazy teddy-bear-strangling kid, Octavian, was whipping the Romans into a war frenzy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Mark Antony turned his attention to the Roman holdings in the east. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z ‘I thought the Romans didn’t have a navy.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Together they raced over the hills, past Roman aqueducts, highways, and vineyards. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The Romans stared at the roof-access door as if they were waiting for someone. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z His code name for the invasion was “Operation Barbarossa,” after the great twelfth-century tactician and emperor Frederick Barbarossa, who unified many European kingdoms under German rule as leader of the Holy Roman Empire. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Shrouded demigods, both Greek and Roman, were burned at the campfire, and Chiron asked Nico to oversee the burial rites. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “I’ve been working on it for Roman Political Thought all week. And I thought we agreed Nora is our best friend.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Sure enough, every so often, out of the corner of her eye, Reyna would spot glowing white spirits in Roman clothes flitting among the ruins, frowning at the statue in consternation. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z History marched on: Christianity swept through Europe, the Roman Empire fell, the Library at Alexandria burned, and the Dark Ages began. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Moreover, the educated knew there was no such thing as discovery—and, indeed, the Canaries were known to the Romans. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A Roman governor could raise a huge army and mobilize the extensive fleet. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z As they wound their way underground, Piper saw old graffiti gouged into the stones: Roman numerals, names and phrases in Italian. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A Roman was supposed to destroy her enemies. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The sentences build a fence around her, a Times Roman 10-point barricade, to keep the thorny voices in her head from getting too close. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z The countryside is scattered with Roman remains from centuries past—blocks of carved stone and broken columns and foundations—overgrown with vines and brambles. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z But alas, he had no choice but to support Reyna, because Octavian was a loyal Roman soldier. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She mastered the two most powerful Romans of her time, and, because of a third, she was destroyed. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He was brought up after the decline of the Roman Empire. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Percy,” Hazel said, “you swore on your life. Romans take that seriously. If anything goes wrong, even by accident, Octavian is going to kill you. You know that, right?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z A ragged circle of Romans and Amazons stood around Percy. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She saw evidence of the Romans’ recent battle with an army of monsters. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I keep it and rear it rather on the Roman Catholic principle of expiating numerous sins, great or small, by one good work. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Later generations of Romans would quip that what the Barbarians had failed to destroy, the Barberinis stole. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “You did, too. We never did get to watch Roman Holiday.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Even Daryn Lehoux, who thinks the Romans had everything we have, acknowledges one exception: There were no ancient universities, no scientific conferences, no journals where investigators published their results. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z His gut felt like Michael Varus was standing behind him, repeatedly stabbing him and yelling, Die like a Roman! Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Aeneas’ descendants would be the Romans, to whom the Fates had decreed a boundless and endless empire. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Romans would also have disapproved of Cleopatra’s relationship with Caesar, who already had a wife named Calpurnia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He wanted the Romans to believe that in the Donations of Alexandria Mark Antony had given his vast holdings, present and future, to Egypt—a foreign power—and had not given the Romans anything. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The Romans wrote of her in the same way. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘The camp is about to be destroyed ‘And we’ll stop the Romans,’ Will said. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z About half a mile to the west, where the horns were blowing, a Roman fort stood on a hill. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When Octavian’s troops moved to the outskirts of Alexandria, Mark Antony launched an assault that temporarily forced the Romans to retreat. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z When the wall of seawater subsided, the three Romans were in the bay, spluttering and frantically trying to stay afloat in their armor. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Greenville is different this summer, Roman is well and out back, swinging hard. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z The Greeks and Romans slowly pushed back the enemies. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Ahead of them stood a frozen Roman camp like a giant-sized ghastly replica of Camp Jupiter. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Where did you hear about the Romans?” asked her father. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z When the dust settled, all six Romans were squealing pink piglets. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Throughout Europe, wherever the influence of Roman law was felt, the law concerned itself with the factum—the deed, or crime. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She shouted orders at the legion, and the Romans obeyed without question, as if she’d never been away. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z And as fer human goodness—men’s hearts is jest as black today as in the Roman times when they nailed slaves to crosses by the hunderd and left ’em there to point up a lesson.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Government linguists devised the modified Roman alphabet adopted in 1928 by Turkey for writing Turkish, as well as the modified Cyrillic alphabets designed for many tribal languages of Russia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z ‘The Romans aren’t big on navies. They had, like, one rowboat. Which I sank. Speaking of violent storms, you’re doing a first-rate job upstairs.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The Holy Roman Emperor wanted trained warriors; instead, he got thousands of volunteers who didn’t know where they were going or what they were doing. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z It made Jason wonder about the fauns back at Camp Jupiter—whether they could be like that if the Roman demigods expected more from them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The idea of a chicken lady issuing prophecies was apparently just as ridiculous to Romans as it was to Greeks. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Did that make him unworthy to lead a legion of Roman ghosts? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Much of Greek culture had been assimilated by the Romans, but they had found the concept of discovery indigestible, and it is unlikely that Vergil, trained to think like a Roman, would have responded differently. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She was asking Rachel Dare to do something ridiculously dangerous, but it was the only way she could think of to communicate with the Romans—the only way that might avoid bloodshed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The door was interesting, much more complicated than the Roman numeral combination lock above. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The horse zipped through the crowd with incredible speed, pushing back Romans and causing mass panic. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z ‘Almost to the end of the Roman Empire,’ Frank agreed. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z That Roman bell would be lucky to get work cleaning up after a French bell's dog—and even then he'd need papers. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The Romans said ‘res ipsa loquitur'; we say, ‘the facts speak for themselves.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Roman eagles can hunt demigods by their magical scent even better than monsters can. This ship might conceal us somewhat, but not completely—not from them.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Roman relic or not, the scepter troubled Frank. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Those last to the party were the last to leave: the Ptolemaic Empire outlived its rivals, largely with the same borders, until the Romans defeated Queen Cleopatra VII and her lover Antony in 30. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z “The Romans would find that auspicious—the first day. of the month named for Julius Caesar. Juno’s sacred day. Yippee.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Even in their armour, the Romans were starting to gain on Solace. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Percy, traveling in the Mediterranean is a different level of danger altogether. It’s been off limits to Roman demigods for centuries. No hero in his right mind would go there.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The old Roman came out of his grave with a yawn. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “A Roman returning it to the Greeks...that could heal the historic rift, maybe even heal the gods of their split personalities.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Would Neanderthals have been able to serve in the Roman legions, or in the sprawling bureaucracy of imperial China? Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In the starlight, Frank’s face might have been alabaster, like an old Roman statue. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z ‘Tomorrow,’ Reyna said, ‘we Romans must return home. We appreciate your hospitality, especially since we almost killed you -’ ‘You almost got killed,’ Annabeth corrected. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “The Romans always wanted bread and circuses—food and entertainment! As we destroy their city, I will offer them both. Behold, a sample!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The Greek/ Roman stuff gave him a headache, too. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “They make wonderful hot chocolate. Not really a Roman drink—” “But chocolate is universal,” Annabeth said. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The front line of Roman zombies lowered their spears and advanced. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Without warning, Hera had plucked up Percy Jackson, Annabeth’s boyfriend, wiped his memory, and sent him to the Roman camp. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The eagles flew away, and the Roman in the middle, who was scrawnier than the others, raised his visor. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Wreckage of the flying chariot burned in the water, and Coach Hedge swung a mounted crossbow, taking potshots at the Roman birds as they flew overhead. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “How many times did we battle the Romans in my day?” the woman asked. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “That Roman boy is on his way to Epirus—the one who killed me on Mount Othrys. Got lucky, he did. Now it’s my turn.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z ‘Most wolves are friendly to Romans,’ she said. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z While you fumble your way north, trying to find me, my armies will destroy your precious camps—first the Romans, then the others. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Still...a pretty impressive try. I’ve heard legends that the Romans confiscated the writings of Archimedes, but—” “Archimedes?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The Roman emperor Caligula allegedly planned to appoint his favourite horse, Incitatus, to the consulship. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Apart from their feelings about Alexandria, the Romans thought that women should know their place, and their place was not in the halls of power. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Horatius, the Roman general, had single-handedly held off a horde of invaders, sacrificing himself on that bridge to keep the barbarians from crossing the Tiber. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It’s an old town, full of Roman artifacts, history, and ruins. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z His Roman badges - mural crown, centurion, praetor - glittered on his shirt collar. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Caesar had long-range plans to increase the size and strength of the Roman Republic. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She knew very little about the Roman goddess. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Another bonanza was the development of world trade routes, which by Roman times effectively joined the populations of Europe, Asia, and North Africa into one giant breeding ground for microbes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z At the great wooden table where we had spent many a tedious hour studying algebra and the Holy Roman Empire, we now sat down to take stock. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Octavian, son of Apollo, you should take this more seriously. Even Romans respected your father’s Oracle of Delphi.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z If you thought that the departure of the Romans caused the British Isles to descend into mindless savagery that would not be reversed until the Norman Conquest in 1066, think again. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z They were under way, with a bunch of angry Romans behind them and the ancient lands ahead. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Kill the Romans, she heard her mother urging. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Would Mark Antony cave in to the sweet charms of his Roman wife? Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It is important to bear in mind that these artefacts were made and played five hundred years before the Romans conquered Europe. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He was bigger than the rest, wearing a lion’s cape like a Roman standard bearer and a plastic bib with a lobster on it. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Not so long ago, he’d fought for his life in the Roman Colosseum before a cheering ghostly audience. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The winds that battered the Romans didn’t seem to affect her. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He put the platter behind his butt, said a silent prayer to whatever Roman god oversaw stupid sledding tricks, and jumped off the side of the hill. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “I figured it out, Jason. I don’t blame you. But if we manage to save the statue, Greek and Romans together...Don’t you see? It could heal the rift.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The Romans bivouacked next to the strawberry fields, where they insisted on building their standard field camp. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Romans lounged in groups of ten or twenty, talking and laughing while wind spirits—aurae—swirled overhead, bringing an endless assortment of pizzas, sandwiches, chips, cold drinks, and fresh-baked cookies. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Roman historians who later reported on the events at Actium were quick to blame Cleopatra for Mark Antony’s loss. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Lucina was sometimes regarded as a Roman Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth, but usually the name is used as an epithet of both Juno and Diana. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She wasn’t sure the Romans had a sense of humor. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But the Roman hero found horrors piled upon horrors. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, but back when the Christians hid from the Romans down in the catacombs, they used to scratch pictures of bees on the walls. To remind each other that when they died they’d be resurrected.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But, looking down at the Roman forces arrayed outside the valley, his spirits wavered. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The Romans had made the dome out of big stone panels, but they’d hollowed out each panel in a square-within-square pattern. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The Alexandria of Hypatia’s time—by then long under Roman rule—was a city under grave strain. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The Roman demigods in the forum had coalesced into an angry mob. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “How could Romans move, in those things?” he wondered. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z His family included all the demigods who fought at his side, Roman and Greek, new friends and old. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Roman was there while we were lining up, and he kept telling everyone, “My name is Roman, and my brother is the one that threw the boy out the window.” Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She wondered how the Roman demigods, Frank and Hazel, felt about those images. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Right at the bottom, a series of lines had been etched into the marble—Roman numerals. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The Argo II could cover vast distances pretty quickly, thanks to its magical engine, but Leo figured the Romans had magic travel methods of their own. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Up to that time, Roman priests decided when extra days would be added to the lunar year. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She raised her arm in a Roman salute. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Cicero was the great eminence of the Roman age—a lawyer, a politician, and so not only Rome’s greatest theorist of rhetoric but its greatest practitioner. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z ‘But, if I may, those charges were unproven. I am a loyal Roman.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z All these virgin martyrs are told by Roman judges they have to give up their faith and accept the Roman gods but they say, Nay, and the judges have them tortured and killed. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Then there was Sung Guo, also called Seneca Gracchus, who fought twelve Roman dragons and sixteen Chinese dragons in the western deserts of China. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z But for now, I sit listening to Nicholtown settle around me, pray that one day Roman will be well enough to know this moment. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z He ran his hand down the back of a Roman column, all the way to the base. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Beyond the main boulevard, the city was a hodgepodge of medieval castle towers, Roman walls, limestone town houses with red-tiled roofs, and modern office buildings all crammed together. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The exaggeration of the storm is typically Roman. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “So you’re saying the old Greek gods—they just changed permanently to Roman? There’s nothing left of the Greek?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Then what about building a Roman colosseum or an Egyptian pyramid—like a Lost Worlds theme park?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And the Romans had six onagers, all stocked with piles of ammunition. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z More complex units don’t always conquer less complex ones but may succumb to them, as when the Roman and Chinese Empires were overrun by “barbarian” and Mongol chiefdoms, respectively. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The other Romans muttered, glaring at their visitors. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “There were people before the Romans,” she said. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z However, European writings from Roman and medieval times clearly describe the arrival of bubonic plague and possibly smallpox from the east, so these germs could be of Chinese or East Asian origin. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Killing Archimedes was one of the biggest Roman contributions to mathematics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The Romans as well as the Greeks called him by this name, but often they translated it into Dis, the Latin word for rich. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Love is love, after all, whether you’re Greek or Roman. This civil war won’t affect me as much as it will the others.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Mark Antony traded his Roman clothes for the Greek style of dress that Alexandrians favored, and he was soon taking full advantage of the wealth and privilege Cleopatra enjoyed. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z And then one day, Roman won't get up, sun coming in bright through the bedroom window, the rest of us dressed and ready to go outside. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “A child of Athena, Minerva’s Greek form. Scandalous! You Greeks have no sense of decency. We Romans know the proper place for that goddess.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The Romans poured through the city, but Archimedes was deaf to the panic around him. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Though the day was clear all around them, thunder rumbled, and lightning flashed above the Romans. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “So the Romans fought on the Confederate side? As a girl whose grandmother was a slave, can I just say...not cool?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He toppled down a set of steps and sprawled on the floor of an excavated Roman basement. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Soaring over the city, heading in their direction, was a giant bald eagle, unlike the golden Roman birds. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It swirled around the Romans with a hissing sound, like a nest of snakes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The old Roman reached down and he ruffled Bod’s hair. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “Some magic is interfering...maybe Gaea. Contacting the Romans is even harder. I think they’re shielding themselves.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z His Roman candle is still poised in the air, but the tube is smoking, empty. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Someplace close to a city,” Annabeth suggested, “in case we need supplies. But somewhere out of the way, so the Romans will have trouble finding us. Any ideas?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Look at how he gave away Roman lands that did not even belong to him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The marble floor was patterned with squares and circles like a Roman tic-tac-toe game. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They had always said they could smell him because he was a demigod—the half-blood son of some old Roman god. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “It...it wasn’t good. She didn’t seem like herself. Maybe it’s the Greek/Roman schizophrenia that Nemesis described. I’m not sure. She said some hurtful things. She said I had failed her.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Greek and Roman casualties were heavy, but not nearly as bad as they might have been. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Only last month, Hera had erased his memories to put him among the Roman demigods. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z After introductions all around, the Romans and Annabeth’s crew began exchanging stories. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We pick the pretty ones, then select some Roman candles and two stubby fountains. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z After all, had the Roman general not met her superior standards of luxury and extravagance? Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Amazon and Roman lines swung toward the enemy like the Doors of Death themselves. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z As a Roman emperor’s daughter she already had some duties, but they were not of a kind to alleviate the boredom she felt in doing them or in looking ahead to doing them again tomorrow. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “No. Actually they are good to eat—the Romans liked them a great deal—but people avoid them as a rule because they are so easily confused with their evil twin.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z On the stable roof, Ella roosted in a pile of old Roman scrolls, her head tucked under her wings. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “I personally was not alive then. And it wasn’t all Greeks on one side and all Romans on the other. But, yes. Not cool. Sometimes demigods make bad choices.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Even the two new Roman kids, Hazel and Frank, whom Piper barely knew, felt like kin. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The early sixteenth century was a bad time for the Roman Catholic Church and its allied heads of state in Europe. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Between the puny pops of Roman candles and the hisses of launching rockets, we could hear the vachettes bitterly lowing from within their nearby trailer. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Romans would have found Cleopatra’s thirst for power improper. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z But it was not the Mayans who formed our calendar; it was the Egyptians and, later, the Romans. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The whole Colosseum was filled with standing, cheering Romans. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Octavian turned as purple as a Roman T-shirt. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z For a moment, she wondered if the Romans had decided not to attack. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He was trying to boil them down, from Customary, Canon and Roman law, into a single code which he hoped to call the Civil one. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “I had a dream down in...you know, Tartarus. I was on Half-Blood Hill, and Athena’s voice said, I must stand here. The Roman must bring me.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “And why would the ancient Greeks or Romans or whoever need an eagle to fly a lyre up to heaven?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z How can we ever hope to wrest the answers to those questions from Africa’s preliterate past, lacking the written evidence that teaches us about the spread of the Roman Empire? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “The son of Neptune wants a boat. Sea travel has never been the Roman way, but he isn’t much of a Roman!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Rumor must’ve gotten around that Leo was the one who had fired on their little city, because those Romans seemed especially anxious to kill him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z ‘The American Revolution. Most of the Colonial leaders were Greek demigods. The British generals were Roman demigods.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She remembered the awful sound of that brick hitting his forehead—an injury that had happened only because he’d tried to shield her from the Romans. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Of Roman crops, only oats and poppies were native to Italy. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z ‘Then you know Gaia is the real enemy. We need your help to defeat her. The war isn’t between the Greeks and Romans.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z When I finally caught up to her, we were back in the Greek and Roman section. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Romans, the ninth chapter and the thirteenth verse. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Rachel the Oracle had tried to read the future, and while she couldn’t see much, she’d been certain that Leo needed to finish the Argo II before they could contact the Romans. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He jogged toward the only living people he saw—a group of Romans standing at the volleyball pit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Perhaps it may seem to many who have studied the lives and deaths of some Roman emperors that they provide examples contrary to this opinion of mine. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Every year, the junior and senior classes pulled off a prank at some point in the year—usually something lame, like Roman candles in the dorm circle at five in the morning on a Sunday. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z To their right, snaking along the top of a hill, was a long brick wall with notches at the top for archers—maybe a medieval defensive line, maybe Ancient Roman. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Thus, by Roman times, almost all of today’s leading crops were being cultivated somewhere in the world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A report done in elementary school on Greek and Roman architecture, Corinthian and Ionic and Doric columns copied from an encyclopedia onto tracing paper. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Those Roman guards at the door made him uneasy. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He smothered her with gifts and luxuries while the Romans looked on with shock and disgust. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z They reasoned that as long as Cleopatra was involved, Octavian would keep using her to turn the Roman citizens against him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The chorus of “Cut him! Cut him!’’ grew louder, like Romans chanting for the gladiators to kill, kill! The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The religious difference—he is Roman Catholic, she is Jewish—posed no problem. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The day came, full of brilliant, hot sunshine like most Roman summer days. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z It was a simple matter to adopt the Greek gods because the Romans did not have definitely personified gods of their own. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of its blood-red appearance, both the Greeks and Romans named it after their god of war. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z One of the Roman catapults had fired, and the Argo II groaned and tilted sideways, flames bubbling over its bronze-plated hull. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Boethius, the late Roman who had written the Consolatione while unjustly imprisoned by the emperor, had said that a blind goddess spins us on a wheel, that our luck comes in cycles. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “But, yes, that seems to be the case. Ella has a perfect memory. She loves books. Somewhere, somehow, she read your Roman book of prophecies. Now she’s the only source for them.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But days ago, on the Argo II, Percy had told her that he imagined a future for the two of them among the Roman demigods. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It was possible that seeing Cleopatra might stir feelings of compassion instead of triumph in the hearts of the Romans. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Roman: ’Cause my brother didn’t like me hanging with him. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, all that happened as Roman power retreated from western and northern Europe was that its civilisation relocated to Constantinople, which continued to be a place of cultural magnificence for hundreds of years. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Hence the effect on society is catastrophic when state government collapses, as happened in Britain upon the removal of Roman troops, administrators, and coinage between A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Who cares how the Romans built their roads?” she grumbled. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Wearing traditional Roman dress, Octavian went to the Temple of Bellona, the ancient goddess of war. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z We should send a landing party of four - two Greeks, two Romans. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She corresponded with the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z They are the first harbingers of a tradition of portraiture that will continue unbroken until the collapse of the Roman Empire. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They charged the Greek and Roman ranks, taking advantage of the demigods’ disorganization. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “We call Spanish a romance language, Kojo, because it, like Portuguese, French, Italian, and Romanian, originated from Latin, the language spoken in the western Roman Empire.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I particularly feared he would get embroiled in a religious discussion, bring in my Roman Catholicism in a way that could embarrass the Church. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “We know it leads to something important in Rome, something that might heal the rift between the Romans and Greeks.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “It was designed by Roman demigods,” Jason said. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z For the rest, I’ve been thoroughly spoiled and have received a number of lovely presents, including a big book on my favorite subject, Greek and Roman mythology. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He could challenge Caesar’s power and even launch a campaign to take over the entire Roman Republic. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z But sometimes he acted so distant, like last night, when he’d been reluctant to talk about that old Roman legend. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The Roman writers who told the story somehow got the sisters confused and said that the tongueless Philomela was the nightingale, which was obviously absurd. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The third of four children, I had been preceded to a neighborhood Roman Catholic school by an older brother and sister. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, I had in-tended to make this trip to the bus by myself, and when my friend Roman invited himself and two others along, I was annoyed. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Three dead Romans rose into the air and flew across the chasm. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The earliest preserved examples of the Etruscan and Roman alphabets are also inscriptions on drinking cups and wine containers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z If her husband insisted she speak in Spanish to the girls so they wouldn't forget their native tongue, she'd snap, "When in Rome, do unto the Romans." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He would marry Cleopatra, even though marriage between a Roman and a foreigner was not legal. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z There was a general feeling of privilege and rejoicing, as if the daughter of Caesar were passing through a sort of initiation into the glorious state of being a full Roman citizen. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z A Roman soldier saw the bedraggled 75-year-old and demanded that Archimedes follow him. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z But the more she thought about the Mark of Athena, and the old Roman legend Reyna had mentioned, the more nervous she got. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z As much as those shades wanted to keep Thanatos chained, they were Roman spirits. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The Romans responded by burning her ships just as quickly as she could move them, forcing her to change her plans. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z ‘Why not? Once we sort things out between Greeks and Romans, the gods should go back to their normal selves. Then we can free her and she can . . . you know . . . grant us victory.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She did her best to clean up, but she found it ironic that she was in an actual Roman city and couldn’t enjoy a nice hot Roman bath. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Besides, I want to check out the Roman navy.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z So long as the memory of them lasted, Rome was always uncertain of those possessions; but once this memory had been wiped out because of their long and powerful rule, the Romans became sure possessors. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z I thought it was a good idea and suggested, "The Gang of IV. I,V, the Roman numerals." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z There was an ever-increasing number of feast days in the Roman calendar. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Demigods like Percy were still responsible for carrying on Roman traditions in modern times—fighting monsters, serving the gods, protecting mortals, and upholding the memory of the empire. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It was a photocopy of a handwritten note: IOU one Roman praetor. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z No faun would look so purposeful walking up to an armed group of Romans in the middle of the night. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Figures in Roman armor emerged from the barracks, the principia, the armory, and the canteen, but they weren’t human. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z But the rockets were American and the men were American and it stayed that way, while Europe and Asia and South America and Australia and the islands watched the Roman candles leave them behind. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z They were made out of ancient Roman coins. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Lombardy, the large, pale, and intense Roman Catholic priest, was perhaps the chief supporting actor in the drama at Reykjavik. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Roman's observation underscores how difficult it is for those of us preoccupied with the humdrum concerns of adulthood to recall how forcefully we were once buffeted by the passions and longings of youth. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z What the Romans played on their organs is of course a matter of conjecture. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The Romans were badly outnumbered, surrounded by a sea of unreliable allies. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z In any case—did the Roman gods, the gods of her family, want such baubles? Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Next to his ear, Michael Varus snarled, ‘Born a Roman, die a Roman.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z This is the worst idea in the long and storied history of terrible ideas, right on up there with Julius Caesar marching up to the Roman Senate when he knew everyone wanted him dead. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z And did the purple color mean he was the Roman version of Hercules rather than the Greek? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It was written when Augustus had taken over the bankrupt Roman world after the chaos that followed Caesar’s assassination. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Either way, Annabeth was reluctant to be alone and unarmed with the Roman leader. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z By the time Piper sent her Iris-message warning them about the Roman attack, they were already halfway back to the ship, having been chased through downtown Charleston by a pack of angry dead Confederates. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Instead, I spend hours in the library, often losing myself in The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius the Roman. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z So many games, we don't know where to begin playing, so we let Roman choose. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z The air was as steamy as a Roman bathhouse. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Then a transparent Roman soldier on a spotted horse. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “A major Roman province. You want to visit Diocletian’s Palace, don’t you?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Here were even more—centuries’ worth of hidden wealth from every empire that had ever claimed this land—Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and so many others. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Wait... we’re Chinese. Why would Roman gods want to date Chinese Canadians?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z On the right was a different version, dressed for war in a Roman breastplate and greaves. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Ghosts climbed from the fissure and seeped from the walls—an entire Roman legion in full battle gear. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z For the Romans did in these instances what all wise princes must do: they must be on their guard not only against existing dangers but also against future disturbances, and try diligently to prevent them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The Twelve great Olympians mentioned earlier were turned into Roman gods also. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She saw a crowd of Roman demigods gathered in the forum. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z As soon as they realized that Romans were inside the walls of the city, the Syracusans, wild with fear, could not mount a defense. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z When it came to work and duty, Jason was Roman to the core. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z What if we sail into Camp Jupiter, and he says, Hey, Romans! The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Or maybe Athena was in such bad shape, split between her Greek and Roman personalities, that she wasn’t even paying attention. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z From that beginning the armed forces of the Roman Empire began to be weakened, and all the virtue taken away from it was given over to the Goths. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z From inside the tower, the Roman numerals were reversed; the huge bells responsible for hourly gongs were giant sleeping bats in the gloomy rafters above. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He tripped the Roman in the back and the others turned. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He vaulted straight over the centurion’s head like an acrobat and slammed the hilt of his gladius into the back of the Roman’s head. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “The Roman genius, and perhaps the Roman flaw,” he said, “was an obsession with order. One sees it in their architecture, their literature, their laws—this fierce denial of darkness, unreason, chaos.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Even during the heyday of Rome, the Romans were not exactly math whizzes. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Caesar Nero,” the name of the first Roman Emperor to persecute the Christians, had a value of 666 in the Hebrew system, as did the word for “Latins” in the Greek system. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Clouds were only named early in the nineteenth century—‘cirrus’ and ‘nimbus’ may sound old because they are Latin, but the Romans had no names for the different types of cloud. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Antiochus sent ambassadors to the Achaeans, who were allies of the Romans, to encourage them to remain neutral. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z “When in Rome,” she said, “do as the Romans do.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He accomplished this without the complex surveying equipment available later to the Romans, let alone GPS receivers, laser range finders, or satellites. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z However, many Romans felt nothing but pity for the Egyptian princess. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Navigating by trees and rivers, railway tracks and the long straight scars of Roman roads. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “Thanks for not hating me, about blowing up the Romans yesterday.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Caesar was a powerful man and conquering hero of the Roman Republic, but at the end of the day, he was merely a public official. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Sitting with those magazines, it was as if he were studying the chess equivalent of Plutarch’s lives of the Roman generals or Vasari’s lives of the artists. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He hadn’t been with the Romans when they had attacked, but he saw it all clearly: a Titan in armor, Annabeth and two other girls fighting at Percy’s side. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Assuming,” Frank added, “that you don’t mind sharing its secrets with us stupid uncomplicated Romans.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Several others looked like Roman warriors with various weapons. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He told of Roman legions who had come to Britain centuries before, and of Saxon and Danish kings who in turn had ruled their land. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z “They were here first. They go back before the Romans. They were the people that the Romans conquered.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Contempt from Rome To outsiders—especially Romans—it seemed likely that Cleopatra manipulated Mark Antony in order to keep him under her closely supervised control. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Let’s look at an instance: “Friends, Romans, countrymen. Lend me your ears!” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The deep dislike and distrust the Romans felt toward Cleopatra only increased when Caesar reformed the Roman calendar to match the Egyptian method of tracking the year. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z There is no need to go into the whole story of the Roman campaign, although it lasted several years. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Go back to America with your prize, the Athena Parthenos. Your comrades back home, Greek and Roman, are on the brink of war. Leave now, and you might save many lives.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He’d grown up at Camp Jupiter, so hopefully his familiar face would make the Romans hesitant to blow the ship out of the sky. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I write about poetry; the new Roman Catholic liturgy; learning to read; writing; political terminology. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A cheer went up among the Romans as the five cohorts melded into one massive killing machine. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z But we can make some educated guesses as to what music from ancient Greek and Roman times really sounded like, based on their writings. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z On the morning the Romans were scheduled to leave, Piper was sitting on the pier at the canoe lake, trying to placate the naiads. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He had promised it to the Roman people before his last campaign. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “You might find somewhere to stay in Tal Al Karama, a village near the Roman road. You should reach there this evening. A quiet road through pine woods and bare hills.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z African elephants were tamed in Roman times despite the obvious danger, and Asian elephants are still being tamed today. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She could understand the appeal of the Roman way, too - to blend in, be one of the team, work as a part of a well-oiled machine. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Even Roman women had little squeamishness about the bloodletting in the arena. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “Shaggy like Chewbacca? Broken Roman nose? Barbarian eyes? Masculinity wrapped in cricket whites?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “At least, that’s one theory, and it fits the legend I heard at Camp Jupiter. To break the Greeks’ spirit, the Romans carted off the Athena Parthenos when they took over the city of Athens. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I read about the ancient Egyptians, the Greeks and Romans, and the Dark Ages, when the old civilizations fell apart and the only people who could read and write were the monks. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The Berkeley Hills seemed to be free of any Roman camp. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He imagined some hapless monster terrorizing a random demigod in Kansas, only to find itself surrounded by several dozen carloads of heavily armoured Romans. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A hundred skeletal Roman legionnaires led the way with shields and spears. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He defeated the Romans at Antioch and when they begged for peace, he gave it to them. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Spats in front of appliance repair shops with former members of my dad’s church who think I sold my dad to the Romans. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z If you look at pictures of Roman emperors you’ll see there’s always a great hint of crossed eyes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Auster, the Roman version of the South Wind, was holding court. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The Romans sneaked up behind Ptolemy’s encampment and pushed his army back to the banks of the Nile. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The Roman era lasted for about seven centuries. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In ten seconds, the Romans all lay groaning and dazed on the ground. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z ‘Nike,’ Hazel said, stepping forward slowly, ‘you’re confused, like all the gods. The Greeks and Romans are on the verge of war. It’s causing your two aspects to clash.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He knew the Roman emperors, which impressed me even more. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The rest of the story is told best by two Roman poets, Virgil and Ovid, in very much the same style. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the mob of cheering Romans carried him around the Pomerian Line, carefully avoiding Terminus’s borders, and escorted him back home to Camp Jupiter. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Arabic numerals are tools which enable me to add and subtract, multiply and divide on a piece of paper far more fluently than I could with Roman numerals. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “And I don’t want you to be Roman. I want you to be Piper. Besides, we're a team, you and me.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Leo wanted to think that an old Chinese belief couldn’t have anything to do with the Romans and the Greeks. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The campers dined Roman style, sitting on couches around low tables. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Me and Agent, we were into ancient gods and goddesses, you know, because people want them as tats. Abeona was a Roman goddess. Did you know that?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z It shifted farther west with Rome’s conquest of Greece in the second century B.C., and after the fall of the Roman Empire it eventually moved again, to western and northern Europe. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Perhaps that’s why he didn’t protest when the Romans renamed him Hercules. Of course, that’s the name most people know him by...his brand, if you will. Hercules is nothing if not image-conscious.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He then filed the document with the Roman Senate, putting the might of Rome behind his wishes in case the Egyptians had ideas about taking control Pompey was appointed to serve as the children’s guardian. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Everybody was waiting for the coup de grace, like the people at a Roman amphitheatre or at a Spanish bull-fight and everybody was sure that Lancelot would give in. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Caesar and Pompey The conflict between Julius Caesar and Pompey had been going on for more than a year as the two generals fought for supreme power over the Roman Republic. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The floor was littered with skeletons in Roman armor and Imperial gold weapons encrusted with frost. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The influence of Greek art and literature became so powerful in Rome that ancient Roman deities were changed to resemble the corresponding Greek gods, and were considered to be the same. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Grab a textbook from the bookshelf. I hope you’ve been learning about the Roman Empire; otherwise you will have a lot of catching up to do.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z That night, over dinner, she asked her mother and father if there was anyone in the country before the Romans came. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears ...” I always recited speeches from Macbeth and Julius Caesar, as those were the adults’ favorites. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The Roman Republic reached the height of its power in the first century BC, when treasure fleets from throughout the Mediterranean enriched the Romans beyond their ancestors’ wildest dreams. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It featured a spectacular temple dedicated to Venus, the Roman goddess of love. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She hoped Jason was right that the Romans wouldn’t follow them across the Atlantic. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z On others I formed the letters of his name using Roman numerals. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “You mix Greek and Roman, and you know what you get? You get BAM!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In an agony of thirst He hangs on the cross and what is He offered by those perfidious Romans? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Then came Pope Julius, and he found the Church powerful, possessing all of the Romagna, having destroyed the Roman barons, and having annihilated their factions by Alexander’s blows. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z I adore mythology, especially the Greek and Roman gods. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z My hands, my mother says, as she stands at the sink, holding a crying Roman with one hand, her other holding a bottle of milk under hot running water, are full. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Over the history of the empire, thousands of Romans had served and died in Greece. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Supposedly Diocletian’s scepter could summon the ghosts of the Roman legions, any of them who worshipped the old gods.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And, of course, in many practical ways, the Romans were much more advanced than the Elizabethans—better roads, central heating, proper baths. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z So was I, the Roman numeral for one, except for the crossbars on top and bottom. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z To all Romans the stories were infinitely remote, mere shadows. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z However, the image of Octavian’s monster did not match the regal, grieving queen, deeply mourning the loss of her great love—a man toward whom many Romans still felt strong loyalty and affection. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z ‘Romans called her Victoria, but same difference. Everybody loved her. Who doesn’t like to win? Not sure why we would have to subdue her.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The Roman dead collapsed into bones and crumbled to dust. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In the middle of the courtyard, a full-grown elephant—could that be Frank?—rampaged around the flagpoles, scattering Roman warriors. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He was standing at Ancient Roman mission control. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z This led to an invitation from the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolph II, a man much more interested in science and art than he was in politics. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z She waved her hand, and the old Roman fountain began to flow. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Then, like decadent Romans at Petronius’s board, we took a walk and retired for the necessary and inevitable nap. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Must be that Ptolemy blood. Just stay away from the Roman men, okay?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Along the benches, a dozen ghosts shimmered into existence—glowing purple men in Roman togas, like the Lares she’d seen at Camp Jupiter. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Even the Romans had raised him on a shield and made him praetor, and he’d only known them for a couple of weeks. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z That night the camp felt empty without the Romans. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z However, since the Egyptians, the Greeks, and the Romans did not have zero, the Western calendar does not have any zeros—an oversight that would cause problems millennia later. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The ground at his feet split open and skeletons crawled forth—dead Romans with missing hands and caved-in skulls, cracked ribs, and jaws unhinged. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Roman Catholicism was the dominant religion of Poland, and religion was very much a part of the public school I attended. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The Olmec, he thought, were the Romans of Mesoamerica, a magisterial society that “established the pattern which, through the centuries, was to be followed by other expansionist Mesoamerican cultures.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The Roman in the middle caught it instinctively. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Like tuxedos. I bet the ancient Romans hated togas as much as we do. By the way, you didn’t bring any weapons, did you?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Waker, his junior by some twelve minutes, was a Roman Catholic priest, and in November, 1955, he was in Ecuador, attending a Jesuit conference of some kind. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Grace hadn’t known Maya that long, but she was pretty sure that Maya would have thrown herself back into school the way lions ran into the Colosseum during Roman times: teeth sharp and claws out. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The next day, the second since the battle, Romans and Greeks worked side by side to clean up the warzone and tend the wounded. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Still, from what we can tell, everyone, rich or poor, liked to flavor their food with spices—a taste that may well date back to Roman times. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Both of his grandmothers were devout Roman Catholic. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z When Percy described the Roman fort on the ice, Hazel looked troubled. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The dead are not superstitious, not as a rule, but they watched her as a Roman Augur might have watched the sacred crows circle, seeking wisdom, seeking a clue. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The laws of at least one town required automobile drivers to stop, get out, and fire off Roman candles every time horse-drawn vehicles came into view. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Each deposited a Roman commando in purple and denim with glittering gold armor, sword, and shield. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Books of prophecy,” Hazel said, “which Octavian is obsessed with. Romans used to consult them when disasters happened. Most people believe they burned up when Rome fell.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z However, what was most troubling of all to the Romans, he arranged for Alexandria to be his final resting place. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It was odd driving through bright, busy streets with a dead Roman Senator on the floor of the van. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Girl would rat out Jesus to the Romans. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z In my first year, I studied English, anthropology, politics, native administration, and Roman Dutch law. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Piper didn’t get any pleasure from bursting his bubble, but the other Romans—Hazel and Frank—nodded in agreement. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I wasn’t that great on ancient history, but I was pretty sure the Roman Empire never made it as far as Long Island. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Annabeth saw couples with babies, toddlers clinging to their parents’ legs, even some elderly folks in a combination of Roman robes and modern clothes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Behind them, all the Roman guards were tangled in a weird assortment of ropes and bones. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, the Greeks and Romans hated zero so much that they clung to their own Egyptian-like notation rather than convert to the Babylonian system, even though the Babylonian system was easier to use. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Your father is first among the gods, yet you are always second best - to your Roman comrades, to your Greek friends, even to your family. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Peace and prosperity would be the Romans’ reward. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She was glad to leave, but insisted that she would not reconvert, and for the rest of her days remained a Roman Catholic. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Welcome, Romans. Let the performance begin,” Caesar said in a voice that, through long practice, and the wonderful acoustics of the place, carried without shouting to the farthest benches. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z At least then you could have died with your comrades when the Romans invade. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He remembered his dream about Camp Half-Blood in ruins, Greek and Roman bodies littering the fields. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Weapons are not allowed on Roman soil inside the Pomerian Line.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He and Piper landed on the hill, their swords drawn, and a cheer went up from the Greeks and the Romans. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z And at last she could make it out, for the black Roman numerals were just barely visible against their white ground, the brass hands glowed faintly. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Juno can play her little games with Greeks and Romans, but in the end, you will be my pawn. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The Rupp family were Roman Catholics, the Clutters, Methodist—a fact that should in itself be sufficient to terminate whatever fancies she and this boy might have of some day marrying. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Antony, in other words, puts the interests of the conspirators in one corner—and those of every living and dead Roman, himself included, in the other. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “This is chapel, not the Roman forum. None of us has the right to debate God’s decisions.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z He had recently lobbied the Roman Senate to put Herod on the throne of Judea. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Behind the three empty judges’ chairs, a great round-faced clock with Roman numerals was embedded into the wall. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z She’d never liked monster class—reading Pliny the Elder and those other musty authors who described legendary monsters from the edges of the Roman Empire. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z More ghostly Romans seeped from the walls to join the fight. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Greek, Roman, it doesn’t matter,” the giant said easily. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The colors of the Roman afternoon suddenly seemed sharper, as if the world had switched to high definition. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Well, then, they all die,” Otis said, “and we start the destruction of Rome. Just like Mother wants. It’ll be perfect. The crowd will love it. Roman ghosts adore this sort of thing.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Slowly Father raised one arm above his head like one of those gods they had in Roman times, fixing to send down the thunderbolts and the lightning. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Strictly speaking, fighting with two blades wasn’t very Roman, but Reyna had spent time with pirates. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z However, all writers about them, from Romans to modern zookeepers, decry their irascible temper and their nasty habit of biting people. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z His brother Roman goes to my school too. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m thinking this is not Roman,” I said helpfully. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z A tendency to exaggeration was a Roman trait. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In the embers of the last days of the Roman Empire we are able, out of centuries of silence, to hear the only living musical bequest of the Ancient World. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Roman historians, scholars of antiquity and sketchy accounts support all of these views. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mo took the coastal road, which Elinor had said was built by the Romans, and followed it farther west. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Roman demigods tried to chase him, tripping over piles of cannonballs and dodging tourists, who screamed and ran in circles. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Annabeth wished she had an appetite, because the Romans knew how to eat. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Actually, as witness his unmusical opening—“Romans, countrymen and lovers”—it’s Brutus who has the tin ear. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z At first, the idea of living among the Romans had appalled her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I'm going there by rediscovering the lost tunnel, see? The one the Romans built to invade Hereford.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z What if the Romans panicked and attacked them on sight? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A cathedral stood next to a line of Roman columns, which stood next to a modern soccer stadium. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z His hair had gone from close-cropped Roman style to longer and shaggier. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Now, if the Greeks and Romans could come together, they would be even stronger. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Henry Waters Taft, a well- known antitrust lawyer and brother to President William Howard Taft, frequented the Greenbrier, and one day in the store, Katherine taught him Roman numerals. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The Renaissance was the time when Western Europeans lost their awe of the Ancients and realized that they had as much to contribute to civilization and society as the Greeks and Romans had contributed. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z If each of them carried a Roman demigod...that was a lot of enemies. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He yelled, ‘Die, Romans!’ and lobbed the grenade over the wall. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z ‘That goes without saying. We Romans invented parties.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Our Converse at these Times is exceeding Diverting; him relating curious Stories of Animals or Roman Iniquity, & me relating Tales of the Village, the Cooperage, & the Mill. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero died in 43 bc. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Their hair had once been piled in curls, arranged with jewels in the style of Roman noblewomen, but now their locks were disheveled and dry as straw. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Piper had never wanted to make friends with the Romans. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He and his friends, Hazel and Frank, were standing in the middle of a fountain as Percy repelled the angry Romans with blasts of water. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But now...if they could discuss such a huge problem so calmly—the ultimate source of Greek/Roman hatred—maybe there was hope for the two camps, after all. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Roman and Andrew and I stare into the embers and talk about McCandless late into the night. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s an old myth! Cold porridge left over from the Romans!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z What the Romans would have done left to their own devices, Nico didn’t know. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z At nightfall tribes in the Rocky Mountains entertained the explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark by applying torches to sap-dripping fir trees, which then exploded like Roman candles. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Lightning flickered over the Empire State Building, making the Romans’ armor flash. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Letus, in Roman. But his old Greek name is Thanatos. When it comes to Death... we’re happy to let him stay Greek.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She couldn’t leave it at the mercy of the Romans and travel halfway around the world. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She is Roman Catholic, born on the coast of Brittany. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z One minor modification that readers will already have noticed is that the Semitic and Greek g became the Roman and English c, while the Romans invented a new g in its present position. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Without a positional notation system, arithmetic is tedious and hard, as schoolchildren learn when teachers force them to multiply or subtract with Roman numerals. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Hunt managed to sell only a few of his captives before local Roman Catholic priests seized the rest—the Spanish Church vehemently opposed brutality toward Indians. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Look, we wouldn’t have risked coming here if we didn’t trust Annabeth’s instincts. A Roman leader returning the most important Greek statue to Camp Half-Blood—she knows that could prevent a war.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “For Greeks, the pillars marked the end of the known world. The Romans said the pillars were inscribed with a Latin warning—” “Nonplus ultra,” Percy said. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He was a Roman boy with Roman parents, and by law he stood to inherit his father’s estate. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Neither did the fact that Jason had chosen to wear a purple shirt today—the color of the Romans. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The only monsters left were his own undead Romans, standing in a stupor with their weapons lowered. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “And it’s the Roman Colosseum, in Rome, not Greece. Stop touching it, Emma. The glue isn’t dry yet.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z “Since we got back to the ship,” Piper said, “I’ve been seeing some bad stuff in the knife. The Roman legion is almost within striking distance of Camp Half-Blood. They’re gathering reinforcements: spirits, eagles, wolves.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Early archaeologists had poured plaster into the holes and made these casts - creepy replicas of Ancient Romans. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Volcanoes were named for the Roman god Vulcan. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z He’d heard that most human civil wars started as fights between Greek and Roman demigods. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Ancient Greek and Roman civilisations became something of an ideal to which people might aspire. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The Greeks and Romans moved together, standing shoulder to shoulder as all around them the earth shook. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “The Romans weren’t good enough at being complicated, I suppose.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The same Turks also attacked Constantinople, and the Holy Roman Emperor asked the Pope for help. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Water-wheels were known to the ancient Greeks and Romans but were far from common; thanks to an early medieval proto-industrial Revolution, they quickly became widespread around the end of the first millennium CE. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The last thing they needed as they flew a magical Greek trireme into a potentially hostile Roman camp was a middle-aged satyr in gym clothes waving a club and yelling “Die!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I shall cite only the region of Greece as an example: the Romans kept the Achaeans and the Aetolians in check; they put down the Kingdom of Macedon; Antiochus was driven out. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z I imagined where the buildings stood, almost as I once did nosing around old Roman villas in Europe. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d thought his trip to Alaska had been pretty exotic, but now he was in the heart of the old Roman Empire, enemy territory for a Greek demigod. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He was a Greek demigod - the first person in living memory, perhaps the first ever.; to go back and forth between the Roman and Greek camps without telling either group that the other existed. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “You heard Reyna talking about the ancient lands. They’re much too dangerous. Roman demigods have been forbidden to go there for generations. Even Octavian couldn’t get around that rule.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Born a Roman, die a Roman, Michael Varus had said. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Otis had barely finished speaking when Percy’s missile-launching contraption spit out one last sphere of Roman candle fire. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z ‘If the goddess of victory is running rampant, torn between Greek and Roman, she might make it impossible to bring the two camps together.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He stood in a gas station parking lot, surrounded by black SUVs and Roman demigods. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Centuries later, Periclymenus’s descendants had served in the eastern Roman legions. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z ‘A Roman does not wait for death. She seeks it out and meets it on her own terms.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Riverbank had a Roman pool, a Dutch windmill, a Japanese garden, and staff from all over the world. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z In the year ad 70 the Roman Army, exasperated by years of rebellion in Judaea, sacked the city of Jerusalem and destroyed the Israelites’ Temple there. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Instantly gold light rippled across the ground, into the valley of Camp Half-Blood and down the opposite side through the Roman ranks. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z My Roman soldier stood in the schoolyard one morning when I was twelve. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z If their quest was going to succeed, they needed these Romans, which meant getting to know them and building some goodwill. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He imagined the Romans drawing up battle lines right now, encircling Camp Half-Blood. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Juno warned us that we could never heal the rift between the Greeks and Romans unless we defeated victory.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Strapped to the horse’s saddle was a Roman cavalry sword. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z As examples, there are the Spartans and the Romans. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z At around the same time, records show that Cleopatra also acted alone when she arrested Roman soldiers responsible for murdering the sons of the new Roman governor of Syria. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z ‘You have enough Amazon blood on your hands. Perhaps it’s time you try a Roman.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He crouched behind his guards, screaming encouragement at the other Roman demigods as they struggled toward the ship, holding up their shields as if that would deflect the storm raging all around them. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z His hands fidgeted with the hem of his shirt, but considering the way he studied the Romans, noting their positions and their weapons, Jason figured this satyr had been in combat before. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Clarisse yelled, ‘Romans, you have fired on our camp! Withdraw or be destroyed!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “An apology? Not very Roman at all, Percy Jackson. You’d make an interesting praetor. I hope you’ll think about my offer.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z We ended up putting our blanket down by the Ruins, this weird rectangle of Roman ruins plopped down in the middle of a field in Indianapolis. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Tarzan—“his straight and perfect figure, muscled as the best of the ancient Roman gladiators must have been muscled”—exemplified the ultimate victory of nature over nurture. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Greek art reached a pinnacle of beauty as respect for the individual flourished in Athens, and Roman relics attest to the might of the greatest empire in the ancient world. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z Romans who had been loyal to Mark Antony for so long felt angry and cheated, but it was nothing compared with the betrayal to come. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “Don’t be modest. You’ve got ancient roots. Greek as well as Roman. It’s no wonder Juno—” He tilted his head, as if listening to a voice from above. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Even when he chafed against Roman traditions, he thought before he acted. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The Roman ranks moved forward, impaling centaurs and trampling wounded ogres under their bronze-tipped boots. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “You mean the Amazons are a mix... Greek and Roman?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “In our camp,” Reyna said, “Athena is Minerva. Are you familiar with how her Roman form is different?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Then, he reminds them that they are Romans— with all the civic and legal duties implied by citizenship. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z In 525 there was serious trouble for the intellectuals in the Roman court. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Beyond the security gate were neighborhoods of beautiful houses from every time period in history, Roman villas and medieval castles and Victorian mansions. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Did she notice the ornamental touches around the entrance, the Roman urns spilling granite fruit, the harlequin marble? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Outrage in Rome Mark Antony expected the Romans to see that his actions strengthened his master plan for successfully ruling the east on Rome’s behalf. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “My name is Roman, and my brother’s the one that threw the boy out the window.” Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The real question: What was she doing with the Romans? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Then—oh, boy!—Leo got to hitch a ride with Frank the Friendly Eagle so they could fight a bunch of Romans. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He was King of the Dead—not Death himself, whom the Greeks called Thanatos and the Romans, Orcus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And that was the true miracle that night, the first of June—the month, as Magister Reese could have told her, named for Juno, the Roman goddess of the moon, of women, and of childbirth. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They were almost overcome by their own mercenary soldiers after the first war with the Romans, even though the Carthaginians had their own citizens as officers. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z “Must be the Roman road the shopkeeper’s wife mentioned,” Baba says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z My younger brother, Roman, can't explain why paint melting on his tongue feels good. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Not only did Mark Antony hold the traditional Roman ceremony on foreign soil, he presented the war spoils to Cleopatra instead of to the people of Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Displayed behind him were the tattered, frozen banners of a Roman legion, including a large, golden eagle with its wings spread. fVe await you, the giant’s voice boomed. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Without the chaos of all these panicked mortals, the Romans would have already surrounded their outnumbered crew. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Ancient Britons got massacred by the Romans there. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Flanked by her Roman guards, she consulted with allies and generals and made decisions. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z They taught me the tongues of the Greeks and the Romans and opened for me the colonnaded vistas of those long-forgotten empires, in this, the dawning of a new empire. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Romans were supposed to be unselfish and help their comrades, but Frank wasn’t sure anyone else at camp would have made that choice. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Throughout the Greek world and the Roman, too, they were held in especial veneration. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Caesar advised Ptolemy to be faithful to the Romans and to consider the welfare of the Egyptian people. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z They wore a bizarre mix of plumed Roman helmets, breastplates, scabbards, blue jeans, purple T-shirts, and white athletic shoes. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z In front of the Romans, the ground erupted. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z With a little willpower, Leo urged them to move, using the Roman numerals to guide him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z No wonder the Romans had been giving her strange looks. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z ‘You don’t understand. Patricide is the worst crime a Roman can commit. It’s unforgivable.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Were the Siriono like contemporary Italians living among the monuments of the Roman Empire? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Several dozen Romans had surrounded Piper and Jason, who were trying to calm them without much luck. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z There is an immense difference between the two poets, who are separated from each other not only by six or seven hundred years, but also by the fundamental difference between the Greek, and the Roman. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “And why would the Romans want peace,” Reyna asked, “after your ship attacked our city?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The French, by contrast, had a Roman law system. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Below, she saw a mosaic floor decorated with deer and fauns—maybe a room from an Ancient Roman villa, just stashed away under this modern basement along with the crates of string and plastic swords. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Percy gazed at the ranks of ghostly Romans. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “How did you—that wasn’t any Roman technique!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He was a sort of Roman Pan, a rustic god. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘But we don’t want one side or the other to win. We’ve got to get the Greeks and Romans on the same team.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Consequently, the Greeks and the Romans were incapable of formulating the idea of laws of nature, and without them they could not develop modern science. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Jason pointed to the strawberry fields, where the Romans were breaking camp. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “It looks like the Romans have arrived to cut you off. I’d get back to your ship in a hurry if I were you. Would you care for some tea cakes to go?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Reyna herself was only now getting used to it, and she was pretty sure the statue did not appreciate being relocated in the middle of an ancient Roman city. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z If one looks for the first signs of the downfall of the Roman Empire it will be found to have begun with the hiring of the Goths as mercenaries. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The Romans liked Mars better than the Greeks liked Ares. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘A child of Mars, are you? A praetor of Rome? No true Roman would spare the Greeks. I cannot abide to be split and confused - I cannot think straight! Kill them! Win!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “But this workmanship...no offense to you Camp Jupiter types, but this is too complicated to be Roman.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Until next time, Romans. Do not disappoint me!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Some of the lake spirits thought the Roman guys were so hot that they, too, wanted to leave for Camp Jupiter. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z We're good, I say, holding tight to the phone but my sister is already grabbing for it, Hope and even Roman, all of us hungry for the sound of his faraway voice. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Kepler’s patron, the Holy Roman emperor Rudolph II, is represented by the eagle. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z ‘I don’t think it likes summoning Romans to fight other Romans!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z There were no terraces here, because there was no vista—Romans saw no point in gazing at nature. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “I don’t suppose we should go back and try to reason with the Romans? Maybe—maybe I didn’t try hard enough with the charmspeak.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Actium was a Roman colony on the Ionian coast. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Flanking the doorway were two armored manikins—like skeletal scarecrows made from bronze pipes, outfitted with full suits of Roman armor, shield and sword. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The facades had soaring white columns like Roman temples. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A magnificent company they were—the future Romans, the masters of the world. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Behold your most sacred statue, the Athena Parthenos, wrongly taken by the Romans. I return it to you now as a gesture of peace!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “To avoid this war. To reconcile the gods’ Greek and Roman sides. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Octavia behaved as an exemplary Roman wife in spite of Mark Antony’s appalling conduct. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The time-honored solution is to create an outline, which is just a tree lying on its side, its branches marked by indentations, dashes, bullets, or Roman and Arabic numerals, rather than by forking line segments. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Every few hours, it seemed, some Roman monster had decided the Argo II looked like a tasty treat. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It’s significant that the man who went on to shape the canons of Roman rhetoric did so having thoroughly digested the Attic tradition. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “Anyone got a pen? The legionnaires stared at him. Mars sighed. “Two hundred Romans, and no one's got a pen? The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z ‘I was misled by Gaia and that horrible Roman child!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Grab a textbook from the bookshelf. I hope you’ve been learning about the Roman Empire; otherwise you will have a lot of catching up to do.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The houses and the gardens were very beautiful, very Roman. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In front of her, the demigods made way for a girl in full Roman armor and a purple cape. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “You know, where Horatius and his two friends defended the city from an invading army? Now, there was a brave Roman!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “If this building is two thousand years old, it makes sense there could be some kind of secret passage left over from the Roman days.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Octavian and the other Romans seemed too stunned to react. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The docks of the island were only a hundred yards away now, but a dozen more eagles were soaring overhead, each carrying a Roman demigod in its claws. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Sure enough, the Roman flying chariot had descended from a cloud and was diving straight toward them. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A ripple went through the Roman line like the entire First Cohort was shuddering. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She might also have felt that the mosaic would introduce her homeland to the Roman people. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “I know! But this might throw the Romans off our trail. We still should have enough time to reach Rome.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z William said, “He was the bishop of Paris in the time of the Romans. He converted many pagans to the True Faith.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He was walking toward the ship with his arms around two other kids like they were best buddies—a stout boy with a black buzz cut, and a girl wearing a Roman cavalry helmet. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The ham-fisted Romans had almost ruined the tension adjuster, but Leo pulled a set of watchmaker’s tools from his belt and did some final calibrations. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The disk’s script was a syllabary with more signs, of more complex form, than the Roman alphabet used by Gutenberg. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Two Roman soldiers came into the shop with a mechanical drawing on papyrus of a device they wanted built by sunrise the next morning. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Roman Ideals When the Romans set up their Republic nearly a half-century earlier, they rose up against the Etruscan kings. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “We swam in the Roman swimming pool, we bicycled over country roads, we drove occasionally in the Stutz Bearcat belonging to a young bachelor engineer,” she remembered. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It could heal the rift between Greek and Roman demigods. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I just—Nothing. About the firing on the camp...Octavian could be behind it, like magically or something. He didn’t want the Romans getting along with you guys.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Of the Roman writers, Virgil stands far ahead. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He had the good looks of a Roman god, with sea-green eyes and windblown black hair. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “The way Romans saw it, they adopted the Greek stuff and perfected it.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Nico’s Roman skeletons surged forward and grappled with something invisible. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z To Virgil as to all Roman poets, war was the noblest and most glorious of human activities. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The materials for this story are taken from two poets, the Greek Aeschylus and the Roman Ovid, separated from each other by four hundred and fifty years and still more by their gifts and temperaments. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Romans and Greeks have an old rivalry. Sometimes Romans use graecus as an insult for someone who’s an outsider—an enemy. I wouldn’t worry about it.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z ‘I wish I was a better archer ... I wouldn’t mind shooting my Roman relative off his high horse. Actually, I wish I could use any of my father’s gifts to stop this war.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z In the Roman poet Virgil this idea is presented in great detail as in no Greek poet. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He was dressed in Roman style—his dark hair close-cropped, his pale, angular face clean-shaven. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Why did the stupid Romans have to take apart such a beautiful machine? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The Romans did not have the printing press, but they had plenty of books, and slaves to copy them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The Roman orator Cicero considered her both rude and offensive. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z ‘Sorry. Goat fur. Itchy nose. Do we trust Romans?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The chords are numbered using Roman numerals from I to vii. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Already, though, by 2,000 years ago, Romans were also nourishing themselves with their own hodgepodge of foods that mostly originated elsewhere. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He’d nearly killed himself trying to finish the Argo II. Now he’d fired on the Roman camp, most likely started a war, and maybe lost the trust of his friends. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They raised their arms in the Roman salute, then ran off to regroup the legion. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Guys, this is bigger than Daedalus’s laptop. If there’s a Roman attack on Camp Half-Blood, these secrets could save the camp. They might even give us an edge over Gaea and the giants!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Despite their protests, all the other churches did the same with the exception of the Roman Catholics, the Seventh-Day Adventists, and the United Jewish Reform Congregation — who soldiered on without state aid. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “And no idea what really happened? I appreciate what you’re saying, Piper. I don’t want the Romans on our bad side, but until we understand what Gaea’s up to, going back is suicide.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It’s like saying the Greeks died of mumps, or the proud Romans died on their beautiful hills of athlete’s foot! The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Anyway... Romans fear Neptune, but they don’t love him much.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z A phalanx of Roman demigods marched through a moonlit vineyard. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The news of Mark Antony and Cleopatra’s wedding shocked the Romans. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In the regions they conquered the Romans followed these rules very carefully. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Quisling gestured to his lecture outline about the Roman Empire and said, “Then surely you know what Edgar Allan Poe and Julius Caesar have in common?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z But if these dead Romans wouldn’t listen to Jason, why should they listen to him? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He understood Juno’s plan: Unite the Roman and Greek demigods to create an elite team of heroes, then somehow convince the gods to fight alongside them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “For instance, did you know that the ancient Romans used bottles of urine as a refreshing oral rinse? They thought the ammonia in urine would disinfect mouths and whiten teeth.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “Why aren’t your Greek and Roman sides in conflict, like the other gods?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z That was something Romans typically called a bad omen. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Blow your little horns, Romans. I’ve come to destroy you! Stheno!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Now the Roman army seemed to be getting ready for a complete takeover. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Yet it was at that moment of maximum affluence that the Roman political order collapsed into a series of deadly civil wars. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Octavia possessed all of the qualities Romans looked for in the perfect wife. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Outside, Roman laughs again and the swing set whines with the weight of him. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “Roman Holiday I have, but the other two I don’t.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z This does rather neatly tie the rise of modern Europe to the death of the last vestige of the old Roman Empire. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Roman fauns tended to hang around and beg and eat. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Every Roman family had a Lar, who was the spirit of an ancestor, and several Penates, gods of the hearth and guardians of the storehouse. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Then we will march south to destroy the Romans. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Around the courtyard, ghosts were forming a mob - hundreds of glowing Romans carrying spectral clubs or stones. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Enthusiasts proposed a dozen groups as the ancestral stock: Phoenicians, Basques, Chinese, Scythians, Romans, Africans, “Hindoos,” ancient Greeks, ancient Assyrians, ancient Egyptians, the inhabitants of Atlantis, even straying bands of Welsh. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Because of this there arose the frequent rebellions in Spain, France, and Greece against the Romans, all because of the numerous principalities that existed in those regions. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z In the distance, the Romans were picking up their gear and toting it across the hill. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It was kind of old-fashioned, with Roman numerals and a leather band, and I hadn’t been sure Sal would like it. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z “Frank spotted some eagles over Salt Lake City. We figure the Romans aren’t far behind us.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z ‘We don’t have time for chitchat. The Romans are attacking at dawn and I’ve got to -’ ‘We know,’ Will said. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I was hoping to speak to you in Pompeii, but it is so . . . well, Roman. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z By the end of Mr. Quisling’s class, Emily’s mind had drifted away from the Roman Empire and back to The Maltese Falcon clue. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z In a doorway at the opposite end of the room, a ghostly Roman legionnaire beckoned to them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Bobby’s aide or so-called second at the tournament was his close friend and fellow Jack Collins student William Lombardy, a portly twenty-year-old seminarian who was studying to become a Roman Catholic priest. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Lenin Mon, tell Comrade Uncle the one Pappa taught you. Friends Romans countrymen...” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Like Roman, most people scrawled little more than their names and a date. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But the unification of Europe has resisted the efforts of such determined conquerors as Charlemagne, Napoleon, and Hitler; even the Roman Empire at its peak never controlled more than half of Europe’s area. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Hazel ran to the chariot and dug out the biggest Roman helmet she could find, plus an old Roman banner embroidered with spqr. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He stood at the bow on the raised crossbow platform, where the Romans could easily spot him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Reyna wasn’t sure the Greeks would be any friendlier than the Romans, but Pegasus seemed to like the idea. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z ‘Sadly, you Romans have never been very good at summoning gods to your aid. I guess they don’t think much of you, eh?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A miniature hurricane of water and ice vapor churned around him as he waded through the enemy, knocking Roman ghosts away, deflecting arrows and spears. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “But enemies can become friends. A week ago, would you have thought Romans and Amazons would be fighting side by side?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “The Romans don’t trust me. That’s why I was hoping she’d listen to you. Children of Pluto... well, no offense, but they think we’re even worse than children of Neptune. Were bad luck.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Really, Octavian? Maybe harpies are different here, on the Roman side. Ours have just enough intelligence to clean cabins and cook lunches. Do yours usually foretell the future? Do you consult them for your auguries?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z ‘Look, are you in charge here or not? Maybe you should muzzle your Roman.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They’d probably try to get the Romans to do what they did, just as they were trying to teach the Chinese to do what Americans did. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘They’re Romans,’ said Rachel Dare, doodling with a marker on the knee of her jeans. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z From the moment he’d arrived at Camp Jupiter, the Roman demigods had treated him like a prince in waiting. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z When they asked some old Roman philosopher or other how he wanted to die, he said he would open his veins in a warm bath. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z After a page-long digression on pacifism, Christianity, and the Roman Empire, Keegan returns to what is wrong with Clausewitz’s dictum and with the modern understanding of war it captures. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He spotted the Roman command tent - behind and to the left of the legion. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Arguments of this sort were well known to the ancient Romans. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Roman women supported the efforts of their husbands, but their sphere of influence was small. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Over the centuries, he tells Marie-Laure, the city ramparts have kept out bloodthirsty marauders, Romans, Celts, Norsemen. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Fought in ad 451, against the now Christian Roman Empire and their allies, the encounter was a rare occasion on which Attila and his heathen Huns were beaten. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The Cyclopes’ siege tower cast a shadow across the feet of the giant Polybotes, who grinned down at the Roman camp. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Stupid, and Roman don’t always go together, Leo.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A green fireball shoots out of his Roman candle with a muted thunk. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Percy spotted a bazooka, a grenade launcher, a giant Roman candle, and a dozen other wicked-looking weapons. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Faced with an old Roman calendar that was itself drifting out of sync with the solar year, he recognized the Alexandrian calendar as a worthy model for a proposed revision. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z ‘Patricide, eh? Octavian will love this news. You are under arrest for multiple violations of Roman law.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Cool with me. But, uh, a few pesky logistical problems. We got what—two weeks until that Roman feast day when Gaea is supposed to rise?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Taking advantage of a poorly manned watchtower and an easy-to-climb wall, the Romans managed to get some soldiers inside the city. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Jason even spotted one guy in a purple Camp Jupiter T-shirt and Roman legionnaire armour. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “The fort is crawling with Romans,” Percy warned. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A mile away, on the crest of the next hill, a storm had gathered over some old stone ruins—maybe the remains of a Roman temple or a fortress. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Lemures go back to Roman times. They hang around a lot of Italian cities, but I’ve never felt so many in one place. My mom told me...” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “You’d better think twice before you attack us. Romans and Greeks will fight you together. You don’t stand a chance!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The Romans murmured Jason’s name, staring at him in awe. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “The story goes that the Romans stole something important from the Greeks, back in ancient times, when the Romans conquered the Greeks’ cities.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He pushed through the crowd of dead Romans, shooting down monsters until his arrows were spent, slowly making his way toward his friends. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Grunting, Cassiopeia lugged back the first volume of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Every Greek or Roman hero had sailed these waters—from Hercules to Aeneas. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Even now, Thanatos is attending the death of Camp Jupiter, the final destruction of your Roman friends. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z His father’s Roman and Greek personalities screamed back and forth in Frank’s mind with the usual soundtrack of battle noises—explosions, assault rifles, roaring jet engines—all throbbing like a subwoofer behind Frank’s eyes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The Roman people did not want a king. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In 1646 Thomas Browne collected numerous examples from Greek and Roman authors of texts being copied wholesale and reissued under another author’s name. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “At any rate, some of the prophecy is becoming clear. Foes bearing arms to the Doors of Death...that means Romans and Greeks. We have to combine forces to find those doors.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In the western doorway, Roman and Greek demigods in full armor fought one another on a hillside under a large pine tree. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z However, fearing the same outcome that had kept Egypt independent for generations, Octavian did not appoint a Roman governor. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He hoped they were still having fun harassing Romans, stealing lots of shiny zippers and causing legionnaires’ trousers to fall down. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “We should talk about the Great Prophecy. It sounds like the Romans are aware of it too?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He also had this awesome collection of Roman armor and weapons, so he was the only teacher whose class didn’t put me to sleep. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The Romans Take Sides With Rome in turmoil and different factions trying to fill the power void, two groups emerged. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z And according to Roman custom, he staged a triumphant parade in honor of the event. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She had to figure out something before more Romans arrived. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In Roman law jurisdictions the situation was, as we have seen, very different. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I studied, Djo, and learned about things that hap-pened long ago and far away: the Roman Empire, the crowning of Charlemagne, the siege of Paris. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus died the greatest mind in the ancient world, slaughtered needlessly by the Romans. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “I think I should turn into a crow or something and fly around, keep an eye out for Roman eagles.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z There weren’t many, but Piper did manage to return some Roman helmets that mysteriously made their way into the camp store. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They were, without a doubt, the strangest reinforcements in Roman military history. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Roman zombies began to dissolve, smoke coming off their bronze helmets. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “But Octavian is the one we have to worry about. In my dagger blade, I saw him taking control of the Roman crowd. I’m not sure Reyna can stop him.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Roman unwraps some steaks from a moose he shot in the Alaska Range last September and lays them across the fire on a blackened grill, the grill McCandless used for broiling his game. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A priest I once heard in a white middle-class parish defended the reformed liturgy by saying that it had become necessary to ‘de-Europeanize’ the Roman Catholic Church. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Already decided I’m your enemy? That’s a rash choice, Percy. I’m a loyal Roman.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “We have to keep going. Not just because of the Romans. We have to hurry.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Here, the Romans burned a tattoo into your flesh, as if to say: You belong to us. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The sisters knew what was right and they knew what was wrong and any doubts could be resolved by the One, Holy, Roman, Catholic and Apostolic Church. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The ancient Greeks and Romans believed that if you rubbed a magnet with garlic it ceased to work. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She looked down and saw the glint of silver coins...thousands of old Roman denarii breaking the surface all around her, as if the entire hilltop was coming to a boil. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Put your weapons on the dock. No funny bus—” All around the Romans, Charleston Harbor erupted like a Las Vegas fountain putting on a show. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z What is it that we now have that the Romans and their Renaissance admirers did not? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As he waited for his daily audience with the lord of the South Wind, he tried to decide which of the god’s personalities, Roman or Greek, was worse. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Our baby brother, Roman, was born pale as dust. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Here were gathered animals that had been brought from all corners of the Roman Empire, and even beyond, to take part in Caesar’s games and processions. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The significance of the fashion for Ancient Greek and Roman culture is an awkward one for music, leading to possibly the least successful and most confusing of all its labels. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z That meant other people had been down here more recently than the Roman Empire, but Piper wasn’t reassured. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Mars said Juno wants to unite the Greeks and Romans to fight Gaea. But, jeez—Greeks and Romans have a long history of bad blood.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The notion of a personal astrology developed in Alexandrian Egypt and spread through the Greek and Roman worlds about 2,000 years ago. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Confusingly, the other great Roman text to survive is Ad Herennium—which was roughly contemporary with Cicero, and was for centuries wrongly attributed to him. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z A trick rider had claimed that he could jump a car while riding two horses simultaneously, “Roman” style—a foot in one stirrup of each. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The three ruling generals of the Roman Republic were now reduced to two. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z ‘Greeks and Romans, we can fight her together!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z On the other hand, the Romans urged them to take up arms with them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The show was not over—their favorite, the old bear, hadn’t appeared yet—but some even of the tough-minded, bloodthirsty Romans had had enough. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z They reject Roman training and try to follow the older Greek style—like being solo heroes instead of working as a team the way the legion does. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Nico enjoyed how nervous the Romans acted around him, even though they were older and bigger and more experienced fighters. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Perhaps for reasons other than its oniony flavor, then, the plant was in astonishing demand throughout the Greek and the Roman world. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z When the two friends arrived in England from the Roman war, the fleet landed at Sandwich. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z When she’s around, Coop lights up like the fireballs that shoot out of a Roman candle. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “The point is, we’ll have a hard time explaining the truth to the Romans. Even if they believe us—” “You’re right.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Waterwheels appeared in Roman times and then proliferated, along with tidal mills and windmills, in the Middle Ages. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Dr. King spoke of the love Paul describes in Romans 13:10—the love that “does no harm to its neighbor.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He wore Roman sandals with the lacings coming to his knees, a short skirt of feathers and a war bonnet all of which were painted in bright reds, blues and yellows. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He wove around the bodies of Greek and Roman demigods. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In the year 525, at the start of the Dark Ages, all Westerners clung to the clunky Roman style of numbers, and there was no zero in that counting system. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z After weeks of waiting, agonizing and steaming, the Greeks and Romans wanted blood. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He smiled and said, “When you are in Rome, you do as the Romans do.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The Romans didn’t seem to know what to make of that. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Most likely, the Romans would follow her lead. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The only images that came to her were ones she didn’t want to see: three black SUVs driving north from Charleston, packed with Roman demigods, Reyna sitting at the wheel of the lead car. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In October, the Roman Senate declared Ptolemy to be “a friend and ally” of Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He just kept thinking: Don't look at me, and hoped the Romans below would fail to notice the giant bronze trireme descending on their city in the middle of morning rush hour. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I expect things to be better next month, when we’ll get away from the Greeks and Romans and into Mediaeval and Renaissance. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z By then, Annabeth had reason to hope Percy was alive, since Hera’s plan seemed to involve sending him to the Roman side, but she couldn’t be sure where he was. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z By an hour after dawn the first flats were mounded over, and the foreman, a white man, stood writing Roman numerals in a black book beside the name of each picker. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z They got a thunderous round of applause from both the Greeks and Romans. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Until Greek literature and art entered Italy the Romans felt no need for beautiful, poetic gods. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z For the price of a modest meal you can ponder the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, the origin of species, the interpretation of dreams, the nature of things. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d been so rattled by the Romans, then the storm, then Hazel, that he had completely forgotten. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Some of its great achievements had a decisive influence on Greek and Roman art, and thus we can still feel ourselves linked to the Egypt of 5,000 years ago by a continuous, living tradition. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z By the end of Mr. Quisling’s class, Emily’s mind had drifted away from the Roman Empire and back to The Maltese Falcon clue. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The word style is derived from stilus, the writing instrument of the ancient Romans. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z As if the angry Romans, burning couches, and exploding buildings weren’t confusing enough, hundreds of purple ghosts drifted through the forum, passing straight through the demigods’ bodies and wailing incoherently. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The growing economic power of the South has helped lift evangelical Christians into the middle and upper middle classes, just as earlier generations of Roman Catholics moved up in the mid-twentieth century. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “Mithras is the god of Roman warriors! He is the god of the legion, the god of the empire!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They passed within a few feet of the nearest Roman, but the legionnaire didn’t notice them. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A five-story-tall Roman coliseum gleamed in the sun, next to a long oval arena like a racetrack. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Then one day I thought: If my mother and father were really and truly in Rome, they wouldn’t do what the Romans did at all. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She marveled over how he’d been shot through with arrows and left for dead, how he’d survived his murder only to be beaten to death by the Roman Emperor’s soldiers and buried in the catacombs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I am the goddess of success in battle! Roman generals worshipped me! Augustus himself erected my altar in the Senate House!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z If he didn’t succeed, the Roman and Greek demigods would slaughter each other. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z We walk slowly through Nicholtown, a long parade of people who loved him—Hope, Dell, Roman and me leading it. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z They further reasoned that sending Pompey away could anger both Romans. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “I assume the Romans—even those reinforcements marching toward us—will also have to honor your rules inside the Pomerian Line if you tell them to?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I write 10, 28, 54, not, as the Romans did, x, xxviii, liv. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z "If I'm lying, how did I know about the Roman?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Yeah. Kind of embarrassing. Anyway, that’s how a Roman legion got to China. The Romans eventually put down roots and built a new hometown called—” “Li-Jien,” Frank said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Cicero was literate in both Latin and Greek—a mark of cultivation and an entry to Roman high society. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z ‘I don’t know the proper Roman etiquette, but can I bash this kid now?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z If Annabeth could get on board, she could use the ballistae; but there was no way to get around these three Romans. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I know we want some sparklers, some Roman candles. Maybe a fountain or two?” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The ceiling was held up with a combination of steel scaffolding and old granite Roman columns. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But that was not the case with Tsonga translations of Greek and Roman mythology. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Roman, Andrew, and I stay up well past midnight, trying to make sense of McCandless’s life and death, yet his essence re-mains slippery, vague, elusive. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The ambitions of the Romans and the victories of the Moors, the royal feuds of Europe. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z If they wasted time searching through Alaska looking for the giant’s lair, Gaea’s armies would destroy the Romans... and Percy’s other friends, wherever they were. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “See what they have done, making a Roman of me. They wish me to be their goddess? Then let them taste their own evil. Kill them, child.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Only a Roman can return it and restore peace.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z |
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