"I have set eyes on the wall of lofty Babylon on which is a road for chariots, and the statue of Zeus by the Alpheus, and the hanging gardens, and the colossus of the Sun, and the huge labour of the high pyramids, and the vast tomb of Mausolus; but when I saw the house of Artemis that mounted to the clouds, those other marvels lost their brilliancy, and I said, 'Lo, apart from Olympus, the Sun never looked on aught so grand.'"

Antipater, Greek Anthology (IX.58)

"Who would be cheeky enough to dare compare our works, the mighty Roman aquaducts, with the pyramids or the USELESS though famous works of the Greeks?!"

Frontinus, De Aquis.