Roman Revolution

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“It is a crime to put a Roman citizen in chains, it is an enormity to flog one, sheer murder to slay one: what, then, shall I say of crucifixion? It is impossible to find the word for such an abomination.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)

“Fascism was a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place.”
—Ignazio Silone (1900–1978)