I think anyone should just post here whatever quotes they have. These are just my short one-liner quotes, that I scavenged from essays.
Fall of the Republic 78-28 BC
Pompey tended to throw his weight around Plutarch
Pompey subdued with ease most of the rebels (vs Lepidus) Plutarch
The restoration of the power of the tribunes was the one thing above all others the Roman people most frantically desired Plutarch
the very name of Pompey had put an end to the war (Corn pirates) Plutarch
his desire was always to be popular, to be given power, not to seize it Bradley
the greatest imperator that Rome has seen Plutarch
When Pompey was granted proconsular imperium is was a disastrous blow to Sullas intentions
Pompey excels all other generals we have ever seen or heard of in italy Cicero
Lucullus calls Pompey a crazy carrion bird Plutarch
By being tight asses the senate drove them into each others arms (triumvirate) Scullard
Augustus and the Julio-Claudians 28BC-68AD
By a long and gradual series of tentative, patient measures, Octavian established the principate Grant
When Augustus was being modest he had his leadership ratified by the senate and the people Dio Cassius
They had prospered in the revolution, and preferred the safety of the present to the perils of the past Tacitus
But of power I possessed no more than those who were my colleagues Res Gestae
The titles of Maius imperium proconsulare and tribunicia potestas formed the constitutional basis of the principate Scullard
The senate, in fact could hardly discuss anything without the emperors prior permission Salmon
dignified non-entities Salmon
Augustus created a professional standing force, loyal to state and princeps Scullard
Men fit to be slaves (senate) Tacitus
had seduced the army with gifts Tacitus
Agrippina the Younger
Agrippina was born to power and also its shadow Leadbetter
exceptionally illustrious birth is indisputable Tacitus
an appalling atmosphere of malevolence, suspicion and criminal violence Grant
Her privilege to caress Claudius had a noticeable effect on his passions the wedding took place without delay Suetonius
she was striking venomously around her Grant
in an almost male tyranny Leadbetter
Claudius was an uxorious fool Leadbetter
complete obedience was accorded to a woman this was a rigorous, almost masculine despotism Tacitus
feminine rage (Neros affair with Acte an Ex-slave) Warmington
beware the tricks of this always terrible and now insincere woman tacitus
"She would appear before her inebriated son all decked out ready for incest" - tacitus
Ancient Sparta
Spartan government was a number of systems that acted in a harmonious whole Cartledge
Spartan government was arranged in a hierarchy Welch
The Gerousia acted as a kind of ballast Plutarch
The Ephors were a pragmatic device to ensure the monarchys perpetuation Cartledge
The different elements acted as checks and balances to each other Cartledge
The boys learned to read and write no more than was necessary Plutarch
Boys were able to accommodate themselves more readily to anything put before them Xenophon
Xenophon is a pro-spartan Athenian exile Cartledge
At the temple of Artemis Orthia Plutarch witnessed many of them dying under the lashes
