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Charles Thomson could read Latin, and Virgil was his one of his favorite poets. Inspired by the above passage, he coined the motto: "Novus Ordo Seclorum" and placed it beneath the unfinished pyramid of the American bills where he explained it signifies "the beginning of the new American Æra," which commences from the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

The motto NOVUS ORDO SECULORUM was coined by Charles Thomson in June 1782. He adapted it from a line in Virgil's Eclogue IV, a pastoral poem that expresses the longing for a new era of peace and happiness which was written by the famed Roman writer in the first century B.C.

The following passage at the beginning of the poem refers to the Sibyl who prophesied the fate of the Roman empire.

Here it is in the original context:

Come are those last days that the Sybil sang:
The ages' mighty march begins anew.
Now come the virgin, Saturn reigns again:
Now from high heaven descends a wondrous race.
Thou on the newborn babe – who first shall end
That age of iron, bid a golden dawn. . .

An accurate translation of Novus Ordo Seclorum is "A New Order of the Ages". Even back then they had their plans for A New World Order!

2007-02-19 18:13:22 · answer #1 · answered by Noor al Haqiqa 6 · 2 0

i imagine you have most people scratching their head with this question is the latin you refer to on US banknotes ?

2007-02-19 18:10:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

No.

2007-02-19 18:07:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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