Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
Barthold Georg Niebuhr

Born: August 27, 1776
Died: January 2, 1831 (aged 54)
Bio: Barthold Georg Niebuhr was a Danish-German statesman, banker, and historian who became Germany's leading historian of Ancient Rome and a founding father of modern scholarly historiography. Classical Rome caught the admiration of German thinkers.
Known for:
- Niebuhr's History of Rome
- The Roman History Volume 1