When you are at Rome live in the Roman style: when you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere.

Cum fueris Romae, Romano vivito more,
Cum fueris alibi vivito sicut ibi.

St. Ambrose

Quoted in Letter to Casulanus, by Saint Augustine

Saint Ambrose's advice to Saint Augustine.

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Topic

Cultural sensitivity Custom and convention Adaptability

Speaker

St. Ambrose

Author

Saint Augustine

Source

Letter to Casulanus

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

397 390s 4th century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Catholic saint Theologian Christian Politician

From

Germany Europe Roman Empire

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Citation

Saint Ambrose. Quoted in "Letter To Casulanus, From Saint Augustine." c. 396, ch. 32.

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Give me chastity and continency—but not yet!

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Topic
Chastity Sexual morality Self-control Sex

Author

St. Augustine
Source
Confessions
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
Latin
Time
398 390s 4th century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Augustine of Hippo. Confessiones [Confessions]. c. 398, bk. 8, ch. 7.

Current Citation

Augustine of Hippo. Confessions, translated by R. S. Pine-Coffin. Penguin Classics, 1961, bk. 8, ch. 7.

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Carthage must be destroyed.

Cato the Elder

Quoted in Plutarch's Lives, by Plutarch

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Topic
War
Speaker
Cato the Elder

Author

Plutarch
Source
Plutarch's Lives
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Statement Type
Declaration
Language
Latin
Time
149 BC 140s BC 2nd century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

Cato the Elder. Speech within the Roman Senate prior to the Third Punic War. c. 149 BC, Rome, Italy.

Another quote originally in Latin

Laws are silent in time of war.

Cicero

Pro Milone

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Topic
Rule of law Law Legal theory Political theory War
Speaker
Cicero
Source
Pro Milone
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
Latin
Time
52 BC 50s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Pro Milone [In Defense of Milo]. c. 52 BC, sect. 11.

Current Citation

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Pro Milone [For Milo], translated by D. H. Berry. Oxford University Press, 2009, sect. 11.