"It is neither right nor creditable that our race should cease, and the name of Romans be blotted out with us, and the city be given over to foreigners—Greeks or even barbarians..... do you, then, who are Romans from the beginning and claim as your ancestors the famous Marcii, the Fabii, the Quintii, the Valerii, and the Julii, do you desire that your families and names alike shall perish with you?"

Emperor Augustus, 9 BC (as quoted by Cassius Dio in Roman History)

https://lexundria.com/dio/56.7/cy