3000 BCE – 500 CE
Classical antiquity — Greece, Rome, and the great empires of the Mediterranean and East.
I came, I saw, I conquered.
— Julius Caesar
"I came, I saw, I conquered."
Know your enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be in peril.
— Sun Tzu
"Know your enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be in per..."
Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
"Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting."
It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pai...
"It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are w..."
I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity.
— Alexander the Great
"I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity."
All warfare is based on deception.
"All warfare is based on deception."
There is nothing impossible to him who will try.
"There is nothing impossible to him who will try."
