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Meaning of anerriphtho kubos by Felipe Lorenzo del Río




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anerriphtho kubos
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Let the die be rolled. This would be what Julius Caesar actually said, according to Plutarch, before crossing the Rubicon. And it is certainly plausible, for Caesar knew Greek perfectly well and sometimes used it. The original expression is from Menander, a Greek comedian, of the fourth century BC. C . , one of Caesar's favorites. The Latin version, better known, of "alea iacta est" is offered by Suetonius. In what there is no doubt is that afterwards our general launched with his XIII Gemina legio against Rome.

  

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