Plato's Republic
Thrasymachus says that this is what justice is.
The advantage of the stronger.
Romulus, the founder of Rome, is descended from this god according to myth.
Mars
Tiberius made it punishable by death to do this while having a coin with Augustus' image in your pocket.
go to the bathroom
The people of Jerusalem likely favored the release of Barabbas over Jesus because they wanted a leader who would do this.
violently oppose the Romans
Julian the Apostate argued that the priests of Cybele should revitalize paganism by doing this.
Helping the poor
Socrates says that the guardians of the just city will have this attribute.
spirit/courage
This second ruler of Rome was pious and skilled in matters of law.
Numa
Nero blamed this group for starting the fire that burned the city of Rome.
Christians
Christians counteracted this ancient practice by starting the first orphanages.
exposure of infants
The eruption of this volcano covered several Roman cities in ash, freezing them in time.
Vesuvius
In the analogy of the cave, the sun represents this.
the form of the Good
Rome fought the Punic Wars against this city in northern Africa.
Carthage
This emperor was also a Stoic philosopher, who wrote in his "Meditations" that nothing should matter except for doing one's duty.
Marcus Aurelius
Emperor Constantine called this church council in response to the Arian heresy that Jesus was a created being rather than being one person of a triune God.
the Council of Nicaea
Tacitus' main point in "Agricola" and "Germania" might be that barbarians were better at this than Romans.
Roman virtue
These are the five types of constitution that Plato lists.
Aristocracy, timocracy, oligarchy, democracy, tyranny
This general famously crossed the alps with his army and war elephants to attack Rome (but never reached the city itself)
Hannibal
Emperor Constantine is said to have seen this symbol in a vision, with the words "in this sign, conquer."
A cross and/or the Chi Rho
In his letter to Philemon, Paul writes that due to Onesimus' conversion, Philemon should welcome him back, not as a bondservant, but as this.
A dear brother/a brother in Christ
Cicero wrote that anyone who says "this is a good horse" implicitly proves that this exists.
natural law
Plato says that it is better to be just than unjust because the tyrannical soul is this.
enslaved
Polybius said that this aspect of the Roman constitution made it uniquely strong.
Separation of powers
During the crisis of the 3rd century, emperors rose and fell in quick succession, in large part because this was the main group behind the emperor's power.
the army
When speaking in Athens, Paul refers to a shrine in Athens dedicated to this.
"an unknown god"
In Germania, Tacitus records that the Germanic tribes had a surprising amount of respect (even reverence) for these people.
women