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The phrases renovatio Romanorum ("renewal of the Romans") and renovatio urbis Romae ("renewal of the city of Rome") had been used already during Antiquity. [3] The word renovatio ("renewal") and its relatives, restitutio ("restitution") and reparatio ("restoration"), appeared on some Roman coins from the reign of Hadrian onward, usually signifying the restoration of peace after a rebellion. [4]
Sic transit gloria mundi is a Latin phrase that means "thus passes the glory of the world". In idiomatic contexts, the phrase has been used to mean "fame is fleeting". [1] [2] The phrase was used in the ritual of papal coronation ceremonies between 1409 (when it was used at the coronation of Alexander V) [3] and 1963.
Standing behind the victorious general was a slave, and he had the task of reminding the general that, though all the glory of Rome was at his feet, that just as certainly all glory was fleeting. The servant reminded him of this by whispering in his ear, while holding a golden olive branch above his head, that sic transit gloria mundi that all ...
deeds, not words: Motto of James Ruse Agricultural High School. Gloria in excelsis Deo: Glory to God in the Highest: Often translated "Glory to God on High". The title and beginning of an ancient Roman Catholic doxology, the Greater Doxology. See also ad maiorem Dei gloriam. Gloria invidiam vicisti: By your fame you have conquered envy
The Commentaries were an effort by Caesar to directly communicate with the plebeians – thereby circumventing the usual channels of communication that passed through the Senate – to propagandize his activities as efforts to increase the glory and influence of Rome. By winning the support of the people, Caesar sought to make himself ...
Plato's birth name, Aristocles (Ἀριστοκλῆς), [7] contains kleos as a suffix in the -kles form present in some masculine given names in Ancient Greece (some other notable examples include Heracles and Pericles); combined with the morpheme the former half of the name comprises, aristos, the meaning of the name on the whole translates roughly to "great reputation".
The Senate and the People of Rome: The official name of the Roman Republic. "SPQR" was carried on battle standards by the Roman legions. In addition to being an ancient Roman motto, it remains the motto of the modern city of Rome. sensu lato: with the broad, or general, meaning: Less literally, "in the wide sense". sensu stricto cf. stricto sensu
A legal term meaning that something is prohibited because it is inherently wrong (cf. malum prohibitum); for example, murder. malum prohibitum: wrong due to being prohibited: A legal term meaning that something is only wrong because it is against the law (cf. malum in se); for example, violating a speed limit. mandamus: we command