Philip Of Macedon Quotes & Sayings

That the Roman empire was, like all its predecessors, a form of extortion by force, an enriching of well-connected Romans (who "make a desolation and call it peace") at the expense of hapless conquered peoples, would also not have carried much weight with most readers. Hadn't Philip of Macedon's first conquest been the seizure of the Balkan gold mines? Hadn't Alexander's last planned campaign been for the sake of controlling the lucrative Arabian spice trade? How could anyone demur over such things? What would be the point of holding out against the nature of man and of the universe itself? Augustus set up in the midst of the Roman Forum a statue of himself that loomed eleven times the size of a normal man,10 and similarly awesome statues were erected in central shrines throughout the empire. Augustus was not a normal man; he was a god, deserving of worship. And, like all gods, he was terrifying. — Thomas Cahill

My boy, you must find a kingdom big enough for your ambitions. Macedon is too small for you. — Philip II Of Macedon

There is no wall that is high enough to stop a horse with a cart filled with gold. — Philip II Of Macedon

My son ask for thyself another Kingdom, for that which I leave is too small for thee — Philip II Of Macedon

Perish any man who suspects that these men either did or suffered anything unseemly. — Philip II Of Macedon