And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Saturday, April 8, 2017
The ancient Roman ruins of Timgad (Thamugas) in the Aures Mountains of Algeria, founded by Emperor Trajan around 100 A.D. Photographed by the brothers Neurdein, circa 1860-1890.
Looks like something the Mars rovers would love to find on the Red Planet.
sic transit gloria mundi
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