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Colosseum
nemo me impune lacessit
(no one hurts me with impunity) Meaning: no one hurts
me and gets away with it - national motto of Scotland.
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Piazza
Navona
albae gallinae filius (son
of a white hen) Meaning: roman folk tale where an
eagle dropped a white head into the empress Livia's
lap - it brought her a lot of luck ! just as well
really as empresses otherwise have a really hard time
of it… |
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Pantheon
mirabile visu (wonderful
to behold) Meaning: express astonishment at achievement.
Indeed the Pantheon is astonishing. |
Piazza
Farnese
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Spanish
Steps
praestat sero quam nunquam
(better late than never): Meaning: self explanatory
although the modern version is rarely used by Romans
today as being late is both normal and expected. |
Trevi
Fountain
altissima quaeque flumina
minimo sono labi (the deepest rivers flow with the
least sound) Meaning: listen to the small quiet voices
as often they make the most sense. |
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Palazzo
della Civilita
a fronte praecipitium
a tergo lupi (a precipice before, wolves behind).
Meaning: Between a rock and a hard place. |
Parliament
Veni, Vidi, Vici -(I came,
I saw, I conquered) Meaning: self explanatory -
first coined by Julius Ceasar after the victory
over Pontus in 47 B.C. |
