Evocative quotes regarding Rome

Found on Wikipedia's article concerning the campaign history of the Roman military:

The history of Rome's campaigning is, if nothing else, a history of obstinate persistence overcoming appalling losses.

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Rome took to naval warfare "like a brick to water"…

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Perseus initially had greater military success against the Romans than his father, winning the Battle of Callicinus against a Roman consular army. However, as with all such ventures in this period, Rome responded by simply sending another army.

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Despite being the only clear champion of the Empire at this point Aëtius was slain by the Emperor Valentinian III's own hand, leading Sidonius Apollinaris to observe, "I am ignorant, sir, of your motives or provocations; I only know that you have acted like a man who has cut off his right hand with his left".