R.W. Peake > Quotes

“I am Titus Pullus, Primus Pilus and hero of Caesar's 10th Legion! I piss on you savages! I will fuck your mothers and your daughters, but not until I've waded in your guts! DO ANY OF YOU CUNNI THINK YOU CAN DEFEAT ME? THEN COME ON!”
― R.W. Peake, Caesar Triumphant

“Underlying it, as always, was what to the human ear sounded like one keening moan, as if the voices of man and beast were somehow one large chorus, where every victim was singing their own part. It was the kind of sound that, once a man heard it, he would never forget, and it would haunt his dreams for the rest of his life,”
― R.W. Peake, Invasion of Parthia

“He had seen the moment he reached the top that Caesar, as usual, had been correct; arrayed before him on the opposite side of the ridge were the glowing coals of what he was sure was more than a thousand fires, stretched out south and along the base of the slope, looking as if a giant had carelessly scattered a handful of rubies on the ground.”
― R.W. Peake, Invasion of Parthia

“man like Labienus, who probably would have had the man scourged or crucified, no matter how sound his judgment. Fortunately, shortly after this, word arrived that Antonius had at last decided that the winds and conditions were favorable and was embarking the rest of the army, with the goal of landing somewhere on the coast”
― R.W. Peake, Civil War

“remember Caesar saying that great events result from trivial causes,”
― R.W. Peake, Civil War

“we had all learned by this point the wisdom of sleeping when there was time and eating when there was food because one never knew when the chance for either would come again.”
― R.W. Peake, Conquest of Gaul

“With the passing of time, I finally reached the conclusion that the Gauls are very much like large children; their delight knows no bounds, while their despair knows no depths.”
― R.W. Peake, Conquest of Gaul

“come”
― R.W. Peake, Avenging Varus Part II

“to orders instantly, raised his cornu over his shoulder, drew in a breath,”
― R.W. Peake, Final Campaign

“I have come to believe that this is the essence of being a human being; no matter what the circumstances, there is always this thought in the back of one’s mind that you will be the one that cheats the gods and achieve immortality, that you of all the people who have come and gone are the one destined not to experience death.”
― R.W. Peake, Birth of the 10th Legion

“Fear is a funny thing. It is an almost constant companion to a Legionary on campaign, and is something that we try to keep from enveloping our soul, turning us into useless blobs of jelly, unable to do our jobs, save our comrades, or ourselves. But it can also be useful, giving us qualities we never knew we possessed,”
― R.W. Peake, Final Campaign

“in the heart of every successful warrior is the secret belief that they cannot be defeated, that there is no man who can strike them down. It is a myth, a fantasy that we convince ourselves is true in order to give us the ability to wade into a fight without fear.”
― R.W. Peake, Rise of Augustus