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  2. Invictus - Wikipedia

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    "Invictus" is a short poem by the Victorian era British poet William Ernest Henley (1849–1903). Henley wrote it in 1875, and in 1888 he published it in his first volume of poems, Book of Verses , in the section titled "Life and Death (Echoes)".

  3. Sol Invictus - Wikipedia

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    Sol Invictus (Classical Latin: [ˈsoːɫ ɪnˈwɪktʊs], "Invincible Sun" or "Unconquered Sun") was the official sun god of the late Roman Empire and a later version of the god Sol. The emperor Aurelian revived his cult in 274 AD and promoted Sol Invictus as the chief god of the empire.

  4. List of Latin phrases (I) - Wikipedia

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    invictus maneo: I remain unvanquished: Motto of the Armstrong clan: Iohannes est nomen eius: John is his name: Luke 1:63, referring to John the Baptist. Motto of the coat of arms of Puerto Rico. ipsa scientia potestas est: knowledge itself is power: Famous phrase written by Sir Francis Bacon in 1597 ipse dixit: he himself said it

  5. Sol (Roman mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Sol Invictus (English translated as "Unconquered Sun") was long thought to have been a foreign state-supported sun god introduced from either Emesa or Palmyra in Syria by the emperor Aurelian in 274 and overshadowing other Eastern cults in importance, [16] until the abolition of classical Roman religion under Theodosius I.

  6. List of Latin phrases (full) - Wikipedia

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    [Yet students must pronounce with diffidence and circumspection on the merits of such illustrious characters, lest, as is the case with many, they condemn what they do not understand. (translated by Rev. John Selby Watson) damnatio ad bestias: condemnation to [the] beasts: Colloquially, "thrown to the lions". damnatio memoriae: damnation of memory

  7. List of Latin phrases (S) - Wikipedia

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    This page is one of a series listing English translations of notable Latin phrases, such as veni, vidi, vici and et cetera.Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as ancient Greek rhetoric and literature started centuries before the beginning of Latin literature in ancient Rome.

  8. List of Latin phrases (M) - Wikipedia

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    "Part of a comic definition of woman" from the Altercatio Hadriani Augusti et Secundi. [10] Famously quoted by Chauntecleer in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. multa paucis: Say much in few words: multis e gentibus vires: from many peoples, strength: Motto of Saskatchewan: multitudo sapientium sanitas orbis: a multitude of the wise is the ...

  9. Invictus (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Invictus (epithet), a Latin epithet for various Roman deities meaning "unconquered, invincible" Invictus, a 2016 Eagles of the Empire novel by Simon Scarrow "Invictus", a 2018 television special continuation of the animated series 12 oz. Mouse "Invictus", a character from the American animated series Final Space