What does Ave Caesar Nos Morituri Te Salutamus mean?
Ave Caesar Morituri te Salutant, by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1859), depicting gladiators greeting Vitellius. “Ave, Imperator, morituri te salutant” (“Hail, Emperor, those who are about to die salute you”) is a well-known Latin phrase quoted in Suetonius, De Vita Caesarum (“The Life of the Caesars”, or “The Twelve Caesars”).
Who is the author of Ave Imperator te salutant?
Morituri te salutant, by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1859), depicting gladiators greeting Vitellius Avē Imperātor, moritūrī tē salūtant (“Hail, Emperor, those who are about to die salute you”) is a well-known Latin phrase quoted in Suetonius, De vita Caesarum (“The Life of the Caesars”, or “The Twelve Caesars”).
Who is the author of Morituri te salutant?
The Finnish poet Katri Vala wrote a poem called ‘Morituri Te Salutant’ as part of her collection ‘Paluu: runoja’ in 1934. It is also used by the main protagonist in the contemporary book ‘Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine’, by author Gail Honeyman.
What does Avete vos mean in the Bible?
The reading ‘Avēte vōs’ is from the fifteenth century manuscripts and editions. In this case the emperor is simply returning the salutation. The literal meaning is, however, ‘be well’, ‘be safe’, or ‘be sound’, and the gladiators understood it as dismissing them.
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