state-creators

Updated: May 9, 2025

The unprejudiced judge will not agree either with those exaggerations or with these disparagements. Lucullus and Pompeius, in subduing and regulating Asia, showed themselves to be, not heroes and state-creators, but sagacious and energetic army-leaders and governors.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book V : The Establishment of the Military Monarchy

The unprejudiced judge will not agree either with those exaggerations or with these disparagements. Lucullus and Pompeius, in subduing and regulating Asia, showed themselves to be, not heroes and state-creators, but sagacious and energetic army-leaders and governors.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)