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Re: Veni, vidi, vici

At 09.15 02/01/98 CST6CDT,Nick Turland you wrote:
>This Latin pronunciation theme reminds me of the alternative
>interpretation of Julius Ceasar's quote on the defeat of ancient Britain.
>Did he really mean "I came, I saw, I conquered" or was he just saying
>that the then inhabitants of Britain were weedy, weeny and weaky? 

 Hi Nick,

sorry if i disagree,this Julius Caesar's quote isn't on the defeat of Ancient
Britain but on defeat of Farnace II Pontus' King(Asia Minor)with victory
of Zela in 47 B.C.(Plutarch,Caesar's Life,50,3-4) and means his action's
swiftness.
Render to Caesar the things that are to Caesar.
later Seneca the rhetor (Suasoriae,2,22)considers this statement as the
arrogant boast of an insolent man.
just for preciseness.
regards.

marco
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