Famous Quotes by Virgil

Coins with Quotes by Virgil

  • Coins with unique titles and quotes were issued by Carausius (286-293 CE) from London and Rouen:
  • The educated Romans knew the following abbreviations were from Virgil, because famous lines from poetry were frequently reduced to sets of initials:
    • ‘Expectate veni’
      • (Come, expected one) from the Aeneid.
    • RSR’
      • ‘Redeunt Saturnia Regna’ (The Golden Age is back) from the Aeneid.
    • ‘INPCDA’
      • ‘Iam Nova Progenies Caelo Demittitur Alto’, (Now a new generation is descended from heaven).
      • These are the 6th and 7th lines from Eclogue 4 by Virgil.
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