Veni, Vidi, Vici

  • Veni, Vidi, Vici. meaning ‘I came, I saw, I conquered’.
    • This was Julius Caesar‘s comment on his war with Pharnaces II of Pontus in 47 BCE.

Suetonius

  • Suetonius states that the remark was made at the Battle of Zela in 47 BCE, when Julius Caesar defeated King Pharnaces II of Pontus.

 

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