3000 BCE – 500 CE
Classical antiquity — Greece, Rome, and the great empires of the Mediterranean and East.
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...
— Julius Caesar
"It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are w..."
All warfare is based on deception.
"All warfare is based on deception."
There is nothing impossible to him who will try.
— Alexander the Great
"There is nothing impossible to him who will try."
I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity.
"I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity."
I came, I saw, I conquered.
"I came, I saw, I conquered."
