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Colosseum
nemo me impune lacessit
(no one hurts me with impunity) Meaning: no one
hurts me and gets away with it - national motto
of Scotland. |
Piazza
Navona
albae gallinae filius
(son of a white hen) Meaning: roman folk tale where
an eagle dropped a white egg into the empress Livia's
lap. |
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Pantheon
mirabile visu (wonderful
to behold) Meaning: express astonishment at achievement.
Indeed the Pantheon is astonishing. |
Piazza
Farnese
ora e lavora (work
and prey) Meaning: work and play |
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Spanish
Steps
praestat sero quam
nunquam (better late than never): Meaning: self
explanatory although the modern version is rarely
used by Romans today as being late is both normal
and expected. |
Trevi
Fountain
altissima quaeque flumina
minimo sono labi (the deepest rivers flow with
the least sound) Meaning: listen to the small quiet
voices as often they make the most sense. |
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Palazzo
della Civilita
a fronte praecipitium
a tergo lupi (a precipice before, wolves behind).
Meaning: Between a rock and a hard place. |
Parliament
Veni, Vidi, Vici
-(I came, I saw, I conquered) Meaning: self explanatory
- first coined by Julius Ceasar after the victory
over Pontus in 47 B.C. |
