its about roman heroes and villains
2006-12-02 02:44:13 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Caesar. It means: I came, I saw, I conquered.
2006-12-02 02:45:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Julius Caesar said "Veni Vidi Vici," which means "I came. I saw. I conquered." However, he did not say this upon crossing the Rubicon and taking his army into Rome to challenge the power of Pompey and the Senate (48 B.C.E.). Instaed, Caesar sent this message to the Senate in 47 B.C.E. after his campaigns against Pharnaces, King of Pontus, who had rebelled against Rome during its civil war (which Caesar had started against Pompey by crossing the Rubicon). He wanted to convey to the Senate his power, authority, and military prowess...and he did.
To clear up the confusion, when Caesar crossed the Rubicon, he uttered the famous phrase "Jacta alea est" or "The die is cast," meaning that his campaign against Rome had begun, and there would be no turning back.
2006-12-02 03:15:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Julius Caesar said "Veni, vidi, vici," - I came, I saw, I conquered.
In 47 BC, having defeated the king of Pontus, Pharnaces II, at Zela (in Asia Minor), the victorious Caesar announced his triumph in Rome.
2006-12-02 03:04:27 · answer #3 · answered by solstice 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Julius Caesar in 47 BC. This phrase he used to describe his victory in the Battle of Zela.
It means: Veni - I came; vidi - I saw; vici - I conquered!
"Et tu, Brute?"/"And you Brutus?" - is another famous phrase of Caesar. This one he said to his son Brutus as Brutus betrayed him.
2006-12-02 04:07:47 · answer #4 · answered by dea_sulj 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Julius Caesar: "I came, I saw, I conquered"
It was a conceit of Caesar's more or less implying he had only to set eyes on something and he cold take the prize.
Caesar's soldiers used to march into towns and villages to the cadence of a little ditty that was, "Hide your women; Ceasar is here"
2006-12-02 03:32:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Julius Ceasar said it, and it means...
I came (Veni), I saw (Vidi), I conquered (Vici). These three Latin words are where the modern Italian verbs Venire (to come), Vedere (to see), and Vincere (to win) come from.
2006-12-02 02:49:53 · answer #6 · answered by elisheva.bracha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was Julius Caesar (yes, in Latin) after his victory at the Battle of Zela in modern Turkey. It means 'I came, I saw, I conquered'.
2006-12-02 02:52:14 · answer #7 · answered by massadaman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Caesar used the phrase as the full text of his message to the Roman senate. "I came, I saw, I conquered"
2006-12-02 02:46:16 · answer #8 · answered by c.arsenault 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Julius Cesar. I came I saw I conquered.
2006-12-02 02:46:45 · answer #9 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Julius Caesar - I came, I saw, I conquered.
2006-12-02 02:52:53 · answer #10 · answered by Martha P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was Julius Ceasar. He said this when he was recalled from Gaul, now France, when he crossed the Rubicon. This term means I came, I saw, I conquored.
2006-12-02 02:47:54 · answer #11 · answered by pgmurry 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋