“Gens,” by the way, comes from an ancient Greek word meaning “to be born.”Ĭaesar’s actual first name-his “praenomen,” in Latin-was Gaius. Rather, it referred to his clan: clan Julius.Ī clan-known as a “gens” in Roman times-was a group of families bound together by their belief in a common origin and their use of common religious rites. In other words, it wasn’t a name his parents picked out because they like it. Caesar’s action was decisive it was an unmistakable act of war.Įver since, the phrase “crossing the Rubicon” has meant any step someone takes that commits them irrevocably to a new course of action.Īnother interesting fact is that the “Julius” in “Julius Caesar” wasn’t the general’s first name. In crossing the Rubicon, Caesar broke the law because generals were not allowed to move their armies out of the province to which they were assigned. But the first official stroke in the war was taken by Caesar when he marched his troops out of their province in Gaul (the region we call France today), across a small river, and into Italy.
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The Roman civil war had been brought about by political infighting too complicated to explain here.
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That Latin word is the origin of our English words "title," "tilde" (the little squiggle you see over the letter N in Spanish), and "tittle" (the name of the dot over the lowercase letters I and J).Ĭaesar 'crossed the Rubicon' literally, not figuratively “Veni, vidi, vici” was inscribed on a large placard called a “titulus,” that was carried at the head of the parade. When Caesar returned triumphantly to Rome, he held a victory parade. Caesar and his armies defeated Pharnaces within five days of their arrival at Zela-and after only four hours of fighting. This wasn’t just a boast his victory was super fast. After defeating King Pharnaces of Pontus at the city of Zela in 47 B.C., he sent a letter back to his friend Amintius in Rome. 'Veni, vidi, vici' means 'I came, I saw, I conquered'Ĭaesar made his “veni, vidi, vici” proclamation after winning in the three-sided civil war that rocked the Roman empire in the first century BC. Koller injured his right thigh in the 43rd minute of Monday's opening World Cup win over the USA in Gelsenkirchen and won't play until the second round, at the earliest.īaros is struggling with an injury he picked up in a warm-up game but coach Karel Buckner "there's still hope" he might play against Ghana on Saturday.Ĭafu OK in passport row BRAZIL's World Cup captain Cafu was acquitted of passport fraud yesterday, a defense lawyer claimed.ĪS Roma owner Franco Sensi and former Argentine player Gustavo Bartelt were also acquitted, said lawyer Pierpaolo dell'Anno.Here are a few things you might not know about this phrase and about Caesar. Vidic's injury leaves Serbia with a 21-man squad after Dusan Petkovic, son of manager Ilija, left the group before the competition started.īorgetti blow for Mexico MEXICO'S Jared Borgetti has been dealt a blow with the news that he will be out of action for the rest of the World Cup group stage after suffering a minor muscle tear in his left leg.īorgetti, Mexico's all-time leading goalscorer, sustained the injury in Sunday's 3-1 win over Iran.Ĭzech mates in hospital THE CZECH REPUBLIC trained without its two first-choice strikers yesterday as Jan Koller (thigh) and Milan Baros (foot) were having injuries examined in a hospital.
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Manchester United defender Vidic, 24, injured his left knee ligaments in Monday's training session and Serbia team doctor Aleksandar Boskovic said the injury would sideline Vidic "for several weeks."
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SERBIA and Montenegro defender Nemanja Vidic's World Cup has been ended by a knee problem.