Vae Quotes
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Vae victis!
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More Vae Quotes
Vae victis. Down with the defeated!
— 1390 BC His cry on capturing Rome. Quoted in Livy Ab urbe condita, bk.5, ch.48, section 9.
Vae victis! Down with the defeated!
Livy full name Titus Livius 5917— Attributed to the Gallic King Brennus, who had captured Rome in 390 , bk.5, ch.48.
Vae, puto deus fio. Dear me, I must be turning into a god.
Vespasian full name Titus FlaviusVespasianus— AD 79 Attributed last words. Quoted in SuetoniusVespasian, 23 (translated by Robert Graves,1967).
