"Veni, vidi, vici" - a phrase for centuries

Very many people know the phrase "Veni vidi vici", the translation of which sounds like "I came, I saw, I won". This saying, especially in Russian, is so popular and so often used even in everyday life, that the question of where it came from and to whom it belongs is for many.

"Latin is out of fashion now, but if you tell the truth ..."

In the days of Alexander Pushkin, Latin was just "out of fashion", although her knowledge only characterized a person from the best side. But even then she had long ago lost the status of a spoken language. But even if we omit its fundamental role in medicine, especially in pharmacology, we can state that the Latin quotations and expressions will live forever. Jurisprudence is also quite difficult to do without the help of Latin, whose name was given to the region in Italy - Latium, whose center is Rome. Pronunciations in Latin serve not only as a decoration of the language, sometimes only these phrases can express the essence of the matter. There are and are in demand collections of Latin winged expressions. Some phrases from them are familiar even to people far from Latin and science in general.

Phrase-pearl

First of all, such citations include the greeting "Ave!" And the sacramental "Veni, vidi, vici". The dictionaries and reference books are based on the testimonies of Greek and Roman philosophers and historians, such as Plutarch's "sayings of kings and generals," from which this phrase was derived. High culture of the ancient Mediterranean - "the cradle of civilization" - is covered with beautiful legends. Famous kings and generals who were intelligent and educated, are attributed to bright sayings, and if they are not long and beautiful, then capacious, short and accurate. The phrase "Veni vidi vici" belongs to Gaius Julius Caesar (100-44 BC). It meets all standards of historical winged phrases - elegant in style and appearance, smart and, most importantly, it fully corresponded to the events of that time.

Events preceding the appearance of the phrase

Caesar did not have the best time in his career. The huge, well-armed army of Pharnaces, the son of the defeated Pontus king Mithridates, the Roman dictator, landed in Asia Minor and began to win one victory after another. The son took revenge for his father. Julius Caesar could not return to Italy, where he was called urgent matters, leaving everything as is. And then in 47, at the end of summer, under the town of Zele, the troops led by the genial commander completely defeated the army of Pharnac. The victory was easy and fast, Caesar returned to Rome triumphant. This brilliant event he immortalized in a letter to his friend Aminzia, where this phrase was written.

Brilliant saying of a brilliant man

"Veni vidi vici" is not boasting, it is a statement of an easy, brilliant and very meaningful victory - "I came, I saw, I won." Naturally, the phrase scattered instantly, and, according to the historian Suetonius, author of the work "The Life of the Twelve Caesars", it was she who was inscribed on the banner carried before Guy Julius when his victorious army entered Rome. About Caesar written mountains of literature, its popularity does not decrease, but increases due to the cinema and salad. He is quoted, because the phrase "Veni vidi vici" is not the only expression that has gone down in history. But it was she who became the exact, iconic title of everything that was done on time, brilliantly, without a hitch and hitch. And, of course, her, so beautiful, is used in the form of slogans on the emblems of various companies, the most famous of which is the tobacco company "Philip Maurice". Words adorn the packs of Marlboro cigarettes.

Julius Caesar was the author of many phrases - clever, prophetic, cynical. He said that one should not offend guests, that every man is a blacksmith of his fate, that he, Caesar, does not care whether he is hated, most importantly, to be afraid. Dozens of sayings remained to descendants, but "I came, I saw, I won" - an adage that announces itself. I read it, and it subdued you, and you understand that it was not possible for anyone to declare any more accurately, more cleverly, more gracefully.