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veni, vidi, vici...who said it, when, and what does it mean ?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    "a famous Latin phrase coined by Roman general and consul Julius Caesar in 47 BC; Caesar used the phrase as the full text of his message to the Roman senate describing his recent victory over Pharnaces II of Pontus in the Battle of Zela. Caesar's terse remark -- translated as "I came, I saw, I conquered", or even "came, saw, conquered" -- simultaneously proclaimed the totality of his victory and served to remind the senate of Caesar's military prowess (Caesar was still in the midst of a civil war); alternatively, the remark can be viewed as an expression of Caesar's contempt for the patrician senate, traditionally representing the most powerful group in the Roman Republic."

  • Veni, vidi, vici (IPA /weːniː wiːdiː wiːkiː/ or /veni vidi viʧi/) is a famous Latin phrase coined by Roman general and consul Julius Caesar in 47 BC; Caesar used the phrase as the full text of his message to the Roman senate describing his recent victory over Pharnaces II of Pontus in the Battle of Zela. Caesar's terse remark -- translated as "I came, I saw, I conquered", or even "came, saw, conquered"

  • 1 decade ago

    I came, I saw, I conquered.

    Julius Ceasar

    Written in a report to Rome 47 B.C. after conquering Pharnaces at Zela in Asia Minor in just five days. Quoted in Plutarch, Life of Caesar, and Suetonius, Lives of the Twelve Caesars: Julius

    t is also believed that Caesar included the famous three words : Came, Saw, Conquered, in a letter to his friend Amantius in Rome.

  • vivet
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    1 decade ago

    Julius Caesar - to the Roman senate, in 47 BC -

    describing his recent victory in the Battle of Zela

    (I)came, (I) saw, (I) conquered

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  • 1 decade ago

    Julius Caesar. I came, I saw, I conquered. He said it after conquering present-day Britain in 47 BC, as he proclaimed his victory.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Julius Caesar, 47 BC (I think), after conquering Britain. I came, I saw, I conquered.

  • It's a famous Latin phrase coined by Roman general and consul Julius Caesar. It means "I came, I saw, I conquered", or even "came, saw, conquered"

  • 1 decade ago

    I came, I saw, I conquered said by Julius Ceaser

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Julius Caesar - to the Roman senate, in 47 BC -

    describing his recent victory over Pharnaces II of Pontus in the Battle of Zela -

    Latin - translated to mean . . .

    I came, I saw, I conquered

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    i came, i saw, i conquered. julius caesar sent it as a message to the roman senate after the battle of zela,47 bc.

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