I had horses, arms, men, wealth. Are you surprised I am sor… - Caratacus

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I had horses, arms, men, wealth. Are you surprised I am sorry to lose them? If you want to rule the world, does it follow that everyone else welcomes enslavement?

Caratacus

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Caratācos, or in Latin Caratacus or Caractacus, was a king of the Catuvellauni during the mid-1st century AD. His attempt to halt the Roman invasion of Britain ended in defeat and captivity.

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Native Name: Caradog

Alternative Names: Caractacus

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Lucan Sallust Horace Virgil Cicero

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And can you, then, who have got such possessions and so many of them, covet our poor huts?

Si quanta nobilitas et fortuna mihi fuit, tanta rerum prosperarum moderatio fuisset, amicus potius in hanc urbem quam captus venissem, neque dedignatus esses claris maioribus ortum, plurimis gentibus imperitantem foedere in pacem accipere.

Ειτα ταυτα και τα τοιαυτα κεκτημένοι των σκηνιδίων ημων επιθυμειτε.

I had horses, arms, men, wealth. Are you surprised I am sorry to lose them? If you want to rule the world, does it follow that everyone else welcomes… - Caratacus

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