1ofthechosen's Daily Sermon Thread

[1ofthechosen]

Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa

Didn't Caesar say it in Greek? Plutarch records Caesar crossing the Rubicon and saying in a loud voice in Greek, Ἀνερρίφθω κύβος! Plutarch wrote in Greek. Greek was the universal language in which to speak to an army made up of all the empire's occupied territories. By no disrespect to Elder K Bow. Just pointing out that there is a great possibility Caesar didn't use the Latin phrase.

Yea especially since he borrowed the phrase or at least that what said here:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alea_iacta_est

Under the meaning and forms tab. I doubt he would've translated a Greek phrase a Greek writer wrote into Latin. Good eye!