Veni vidi vici

Veni, vidi, vici ( Latin for " I came, I saw, I conquered " ) is a famous quote by the Roman statesman and generals Gaius Julius Caesar.

Tradition

The Greek writer Plutarch, Caesar had this confident laconic used in a letter to his friend Gaius Matius after the Battle of Zela: had his veterans on May 21, in 47 BC the Julian calendar in just four hours of the victory over the troops Pharnakes ' II won by Pontus. According to Suetonius was carried a sign with these three words in his triumph over Pontus. With the elegantly formulated alliterative climax of three asyndetic Two silver ( a Trikolons ), plus a homoioteleuton, he impressively underlines how easy, fast and crushing him hit Pharnakes.

Use in advertising and Culture

Multiple citation appears in the Asterix comics. On the box of the cigarette brand Marlboro is also to read Veni Vidi Vici in the arms of Philip Morris. Apple gave visitors the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC ) 2006, a T- shirt that said " Veni. Vidi. Codi. " - " I came. I saw. I was writing. "This verb Codere there is, however, not in Latin. In 2006, the German -language website of the company Nintendo made ​​with the words " Veni - Vidi - Wiici " advertisement for their new home console Wii. Microsoft used the launch of its new Windows Vista operating system the slogan " Veni - Vidi - Vista ".

The French singer Alizée has released on their first album Gourmandises the end of 2000 a song titled Veni vidi vici. The pop band Highland also had a hit called Latin " Veni Vidi Vici ". The German Oi band KrawallBrüder published in 2007 a ​​DVD with the same name. " Veni Vidi Vicious" is an album by The Hives. In addition, the slogan, the slogan of The Settlers II is the first album by rapper Ja Rule Venni Vetti means Vecci. Already Eric Maschwitz used the quote in his 1936 text to the song These Foolish Things ( Remind Me of You ).

In the French animated film Asterix - victory over Caesar (1985 ) presented a centurion after the demolition of his camp by the Gauls firmly: " I came, I saw, I did not win. " ( " Veni, vidi, non vici. " ) In the subsequent film Asterix in Britain (1986 ) commented on Caesar quite clumsy landing his troops in the British Isles with the words: "I, Caesar, came, saw and could not believe my eyes. "

Also, the words of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: " We came, we saw, he died" ( "We came, we saw, he died " ), with which it has 2011 comments on the death of Libyan leader Muammar al - Gaddafi, inspired by the Caesar quote.

In March 2012, the Süddeutsche reported that the Turkish village Zile on Turkish territory the rights to the famous phrase " Veni, vidi, vici " holds " 2011-00640 - Ticaret " under the patent number.