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Meaning of ave, caesar, morituri te salutant by furoya




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" Hail, Caesar, those who will die greet you ". A phrase attributed to the Roman Gladiators, who greeted Caesar before the match. Although the original salute was " Ave Imperator, morituri te salutant! " ( " hail, Emperor,...! " ) since according to the historian Suetonius was directed to Claudio during a naumachia ( 41 naval combat simulation; and nor were Gladiators, but criminals or prisoners of war who were forced to fight into the artificial lake.

  

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