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'''Veni, vidi, vici''' (IPA or ) is a famous Latin phrase spoken by Julius Caesar in 47 BC. The phrase appears in Plutarch and Suetonius (Plut. ''Caes.'' 50, Suet. ''Iul.'' 37.). Caesar used the phrase as the full text of his message to the Roman senate describing his recent victory over Pharnaces II of Pontus in the Battle of Zela. Caesar's terse remark -- translated as "I came, I saw, I conquered" -- simultaneously proclaimed the totality of his victory and served to remind the senate of Caesar's military prowess (Caesar was still in the midst of a civil war); alternatively, the remark can be viewed as an expression of Caesar's contempt for the patrician senate, traditionally representing the most powerful group in the Roman Republic.
Veni, vidi, and vici are first person perfect tense forms of the Latin verbs venire, videre, and vincere.
★ The phrase has been misconceived as a sort of "magic word." The three words in the phrase are similar, suggesting a sort of chant or spell. The television show ''Doug'' from Nickelodeon applied the term as such.
★ In the graphic novel '', the phrase is inscribed on the tomb of fictional mobster Carmine "The Roman" Falcone.
★ In ''Ghostbusters'', Bill Murray parodies the phrase in referring to the capture of Slimer: "We came, we saw, we kicked its ass!"
★ In ''Ernest Goes to Jail'', Jim Varney's character Ernest P. Worrell says after a bomb goes off, "I came, I saw, I got blowed up."
★ In the original pilot to the series ''The Black Adder'', the family crest read "Veni Vidi Castratavi Illegitimos" which translates roughly as "I came, I saw, I castrated the bastards."
★ In the TV show ''The Vicar of Dibley'', the Horton motto is "veni, vidi, spurius brutus deitrum covi". It means "I came, I saw, I tore the thick bastards limb from limb".
★ Tigger proclaims “I came, I sawed, I hammered” in a ''Winnie the Pooh'' video.
★ In an episode of ''Clone High'', the clone of Julius Caesar uses a parody of the phrase, saying, "Veni, vidi, booyah."
★ In ''Ocean's Eleven'', Rubin states that a man who tried to rob a casino was killed, saying, "He came, he grabbed, they conquered."
★ In the episode "Needle in a Haystack" of ''House M.D.'', Gregory House says "Veni, vidi, vici" to Wilson to declare his victory in a bet with Cuddy for a handicapped parking space.
★ It was also used by self-centered character Ari Gold on HBO Original series ''Entourage''.
★ In the episode "Shadow" of ''Supernatural'', the character Meg says, "I came, I saw, I conquered."
★ In the graphic novel ''V for Vendetta'', the inscription "Veni, vidi, vici" appears above V's mirror.
★ In an episode of ''Johnny Bravo'', the title character says, "I came, I saw, I broke a hip."
★ In "Encore", a rap single recorded by Jay-Z from his 2003 album ''The Black Album'', as well as in "Numb / Encore", co-recorded with Linkin Park, Jay-Z refers to this line by singing:
''I came, I saw, I conquered''
''From record sales, to sold out concerts''
★ In the song "Get Back" by Ludacris, Ludacris says: "I came, I saw, I hit him right dead in the jaw."
★ Garage punk band The Hives named their second full length album ''Veni Vidi Vicious'', obviously a play on the Julius Caesar quote.
★ "You Came, You Saw, You Conquered" is the title of a song by Phil Spector, Irvin Levine, & Toni Wine, recorded by the Ronettes:
Ooh, you came, you saw, you conquered all the love in me
Oh baby, you came, you saw, you turned your lovin' right on at me.
★ "Beware! Criminal" by Incubus features a chorus with the line "you came, you saw, you conquered..."
★ Virgin Steele, an American epic-metal band, have a 10-minute song named "Veni Vidi Vici" on their 1998 album ''Invictus''.
★ Highland, a German Dance/Hip Hop band, released a song in 2001 named "Veni Vidi Vici".
★ The title song for the hit Broadway musical "Mame" (written by Jerry Herman) contains the lyrics:
You came, you saw, you conquered
And absolutely nothing is the same
★ Rapper Ja Rule's first album is titled ''Venni Vetti Vecci'', a play on Caesar's line.
★ In Blink 182's song, "Adam's Song", the second verse begins, "I never conquered, rarely came".
★ On Apple Computer's website for their product iPod, one of the suggested laser engravings is 'iCame, iSaw, iPod'.
★ Alizée (Mylène Farmer's protégée) has a song called Veni, Vedi, Vici on her album ''Gourmandises''.
★ In Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, the song "Here I Am" sung by Christine Colgate: "So Veni, Vidi, Vici, folks; let's face it--"
★ In the Groundswell (3 Four) song, "I Dare You," the lyrics include: "Veni, Vidi, Vici, it's just so catchy - it's like a virus"
★ Handel's opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto features the famous words at the opening.
★ In his Discworld novel ''Jingo'', Terry Pratchett's character Samuel Vimes speculates on other possible phrases (Veni, vermini, vomui - I came, I got ratted, I threw up; Visi, veneri, vamoosi - I visited, I caught an embarrassing disease, I ran away), and decides that "he probably made it up first, and then went off to see somewhere and conquer it".
★ Also in Discworld, the character of Havelock Vetinari, the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork coins the phrase "Veni, vici, Vetinari".
★ ''Orson Scott Card's book, ''Ender's Game'', has Veni Vidi Vici as the title for Chapter 11.
★ In ''1066 and All That'' by W.C. Sellar and R.J. Yeatman, the Britons, who are using the earlier pronunciation, mistakenly believe that Caesar has called them "Weeny, Weedy, and Weaky," and give up.
★ In ''Spies'' by Michael Frayn, Stephen Wheatley is bullied at school, where he is known as "Weeny weedy Wheatley."
★ In the graphic novel '', the phrase is inscribed on the tomb of fictional mobster Carmine "The Roman" Falcone.
★ In ''Horrible Histories'', in the Celtic edition, a parody is written: He came, he saw and he conked us.
★ In the book ''The Cry of the Icemark'' by Stuart Hill, the Polypontian army uses 'Veni, Vidi, Vici' as a war cry, as they are so sure about their dominance.
★ An extinct species of parakeet from the genus ''Vini'' was given the species name ''Vini vidivici'' as a wordplay on Veni Vidi Vici.
★ University of Rebellion 2007 range of T-Shirts have one with the phrase "Veni. Vidi. Veho." - "I came. I saw. I surfed"
★ Apple Computer gave attendees of its 2006 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) a t-shirt with the phrase "Veni. Vidi. Codi" - "I came. I saw. I coded."
★ 'Veni, Vidi, Wiki' was the tagline of WikiCamp, an unconference on Wikis held at Chennai, India.
★ This had been used as the official motto of SMKKGV, Seremban since its first opening in the 20's.
★ Another alternative is Veni, Vidi, Volo domum redire ("I came, I saw, I want to go home"). This is often cited as "Veni, Vidi, Volo in domum redire," but the use of the preposition is ungrammatical. (The correct usage is, interestingly, illustrated in the well-known phrase Romani ite domum, "Romans go home," from Monty Python's Life of Brian.)
★ It has been used on the cover of Marlboro cigarettes on the small logo with the two lions. "Veni Vidi Vici" can also be found on the coat of arms of Philip Morris International, producer of Marlboro cigarettes.
★ In the 1990s, T-shirts were available with the line, "Veni, vidi, veggie: I came. I saw. I had a salad."
★ In the popular MMORPG EverQuest, there is a knockoff of Veni, Vidi, Vici. An NPC in the Planes of Mischief named Vinny V. D'Vicci.
★ There is a level on the computer game Anno 1602, on the campaign On his majesty's service.
★ The computer game ''The Settlers II'' used the phrase as its subtitle.
★ TShirtsUnited.com sell t-shirts bearing the slogan "Veni, vidi, Vidić", a reference to Manchester United's imposing Serbian centre back Nemanja Vidić[1].
★ In '', Razoff the Hunter sometimes says the line "I came, I saw, I kicked some butt!"
★ In ''Unreal Tournament'' the phrase can be seen written on the pillars in the trophy room in the single player ladder game.
★ The phrase is the motto for the US Army Sniper School, Fort Benning, Georgia. It is however spelled "Vini, Vidi, Vici."
★ From a more modern perspective, "Veni, Vidi, Velcro," I came, I saw, I stuck around.
★ Or from a consumer's point of view, "Veni, Vidi, Visa," I came, I saw, I went shopping.
★ In some ''Dungeons & Dragons'' circles, the parody phrase "Veni, Vidi, Cerebros consumpsi" (Literally "I came, I saw, I ate his brain") is sometimes used in reference to the infamous villain race, the Illithids
★ In '', a legion unit sometimes says "Veni, Vidi, Vici" when selected.
★ Vueling Airlines named "Veni, Vidi, Vueling" one of its Airbus A320
★ "Veni, Vidi, Ea Vicit" - "I came, I saw, She conquered", used occasionally in the 1960s and 1970s.
★ "Veni, Vidi, Venetia" has been used in popular culture for the popular Italian city Venice (''or the girls' name - venetia'')
★ "VeniVidiWiki.eu" is the name of a web site combining maps (veni) + video (vidi) + wiki (it is a web2.0 site)
★ "Veni, Vidi, Vici is used in the audio for a video slot machine called "Pompeii" © 2001 Aristocrat from Aristocrat Gaming (tm). The words are spoken as each of the symbols for a coin with the likeness of Caesar appear. If at least three appear on the screen at the same time, a bonus game situation begins.
Veni, vidi, and vici are first person perfect tense forms of the Latin verbs venire, videre, and vincere.
| Contents |
| Use in popular culture |
| Television/Movies |
| Music |
| Literature |
| Other |
Use in popular culture
Television/Movies
★ The phrase has been misconceived as a sort of "magic word." The three words in the phrase are similar, suggesting a sort of chant or spell. The television show ''Doug'' from Nickelodeon applied the term as such.
★ In the graphic novel '', the phrase is inscribed on the tomb of fictional mobster Carmine "The Roman" Falcone.
★ In ''Ghostbusters'', Bill Murray parodies the phrase in referring to the capture of Slimer: "We came, we saw, we kicked its ass!"
★ In ''Ernest Goes to Jail'', Jim Varney's character Ernest P. Worrell says after a bomb goes off, "I came, I saw, I got blowed up."
★ In the original pilot to the series ''The Black Adder'', the family crest read "Veni Vidi Castratavi Illegitimos" which translates roughly as "I came, I saw, I castrated the bastards."
★ In the TV show ''The Vicar of Dibley'', the Horton motto is "veni, vidi, spurius brutus deitrum covi". It means "I came, I saw, I tore the thick bastards limb from limb".
★ Tigger proclaims “I came, I sawed, I hammered” in a ''Winnie the Pooh'' video.
★ In an episode of ''Clone High'', the clone of Julius Caesar uses a parody of the phrase, saying, "Veni, vidi, booyah."
★ In ''Ocean's Eleven'', Rubin states that a man who tried to rob a casino was killed, saying, "He came, he grabbed, they conquered."
★ In the episode "Needle in a Haystack" of ''House M.D.'', Gregory House says "Veni, vidi, vici" to Wilson to declare his victory in a bet with Cuddy for a handicapped parking space.
★ It was also used by self-centered character Ari Gold on HBO Original series ''Entourage''.
★ In the episode "Shadow" of ''Supernatural'', the character Meg says, "I came, I saw, I conquered."
★ In the graphic novel ''V for Vendetta'', the inscription "Veni, vidi, vici" appears above V's mirror.
★ In an episode of ''Johnny Bravo'', the title character says, "I came, I saw, I broke a hip."
Music
★ In "Encore", a rap single recorded by Jay-Z from his 2003 album ''The Black Album'', as well as in "Numb / Encore", co-recorded with Linkin Park, Jay-Z refers to this line by singing:
''From record sales, to sold out concerts''
★ In the song "Get Back" by Ludacris, Ludacris says: "I came, I saw, I hit him right dead in the jaw."
★ Garage punk band The Hives named their second full length album ''Veni Vidi Vicious'', obviously a play on the Julius Caesar quote.
★ "You Came, You Saw, You Conquered" is the title of a song by Phil Spector, Irvin Levine, & Toni Wine, recorded by the Ronettes:
Oh baby, you came, you saw, you turned your lovin' right on at me.
★ "Beware! Criminal" by Incubus features a chorus with the line "you came, you saw, you conquered..."
★ Virgin Steele, an American epic-metal band, have a 10-minute song named "Veni Vidi Vici" on their 1998 album ''Invictus''.
★ Highland, a German Dance/Hip Hop band, released a song in 2001 named "Veni Vidi Vici".
★ The title song for the hit Broadway musical "Mame" (written by Jerry Herman) contains the lyrics:
And absolutely nothing is the same
★ Rapper Ja Rule's first album is titled ''Venni Vetti Vecci'', a play on Caesar's line.
★ In Blink 182's song, "Adam's Song", the second verse begins, "I never conquered, rarely came".
★ On Apple Computer's website for their product iPod, one of the suggested laser engravings is 'iCame, iSaw, iPod'.
★ Alizée (Mylène Farmer's protégée) has a song called Veni, Vedi, Vici on her album ''Gourmandises''.
★ In Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, the song "Here I Am" sung by Christine Colgate: "So Veni, Vidi, Vici, folks; let's face it--"
★ In the Groundswell (3 Four) song, "I Dare You," the lyrics include: "Veni, Vidi, Vici, it's just so catchy - it's like a virus"
★ Handel's opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto features the famous words at the opening.
Literature
★ In his Discworld novel ''Jingo'', Terry Pratchett's character Samuel Vimes speculates on other possible phrases (Veni, vermini, vomui - I came, I got ratted, I threw up; Visi, veneri, vamoosi - I visited, I caught an embarrassing disease, I ran away), and decides that "he probably made it up first, and then went off to see somewhere and conquer it".
★ Also in Discworld, the character of Havelock Vetinari, the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork coins the phrase "Veni, vici, Vetinari".
★ ''Orson Scott Card's book, ''Ender's Game'', has Veni Vidi Vici as the title for Chapter 11.
★ In ''1066 and All That'' by W.C. Sellar and R.J. Yeatman, the Britons, who are using the earlier pronunciation, mistakenly believe that Caesar has called them "Weeny, Weedy, and Weaky," and give up.
★ In ''Spies'' by Michael Frayn, Stephen Wheatley is bullied at school, where he is known as "Weeny weedy Wheatley."
★ In the graphic novel '', the phrase is inscribed on the tomb of fictional mobster Carmine "The Roman" Falcone.
★ In ''Horrible Histories'', in the Celtic edition, a parody is written: He came, he saw and he conked us.
★ In the book ''The Cry of the Icemark'' by Stuart Hill, the Polypontian army uses 'Veni, Vidi, Vici' as a war cry, as they are so sure about their dominance.
Other
★ An extinct species of parakeet from the genus ''Vini'' was given the species name ''Vini vidivici'' as a wordplay on Veni Vidi Vici.
★ University of Rebellion 2007 range of T-Shirts have one with the phrase "Veni. Vidi. Veho." - "I came. I saw. I surfed"
★ Apple Computer gave attendees of its 2006 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) a t-shirt with the phrase "Veni. Vidi. Codi" - "I came. I saw. I coded."
★ 'Veni, Vidi, Wiki' was the tagline of WikiCamp, an unconference on Wikis held at Chennai, India.
★ This had been used as the official motto of SMKKGV, Seremban since its first opening in the 20's.
★ Another alternative is Veni, Vidi, Volo domum redire ("I came, I saw, I want to go home"). This is often cited as "Veni, Vidi, Volo in domum redire," but the use of the preposition is ungrammatical. (The correct usage is, interestingly, illustrated in the well-known phrase Romani ite domum, "Romans go home," from Monty Python's Life of Brian.)
★ It has been used on the cover of Marlboro cigarettes on the small logo with the two lions. "Veni Vidi Vici" can also be found on the coat of arms of Philip Morris International, producer of Marlboro cigarettes.
★ In the 1990s, T-shirts were available with the line, "Veni, vidi, veggie: I came. I saw. I had a salad."
★ In the popular MMORPG EverQuest, there is a knockoff of Veni, Vidi, Vici. An NPC in the Planes of Mischief named Vinny V. D'Vicci.
★ There is a level on the computer game Anno 1602, on the campaign On his majesty's service.
★ The computer game ''The Settlers II'' used the phrase as its subtitle.
★ TShirtsUnited.com sell t-shirts bearing the slogan "Veni, vidi, Vidić", a reference to Manchester United's imposing Serbian centre back Nemanja Vidić[1].
★ In '', Razoff the Hunter sometimes says the line "I came, I saw, I kicked some butt!"
★ In ''Unreal Tournament'' the phrase can be seen written on the pillars in the trophy room in the single player ladder game.
★ The phrase is the motto for the US Army Sniper School, Fort Benning, Georgia. It is however spelled "Vini, Vidi, Vici."
★ From a more modern perspective, "Veni, Vidi, Velcro," I came, I saw, I stuck around.
★ Or from a consumer's point of view, "Veni, Vidi, Visa," I came, I saw, I went shopping.
★ In some ''Dungeons & Dragons'' circles, the parody phrase "Veni, Vidi, Cerebros consumpsi" (Literally "I came, I saw, I ate his brain") is sometimes used in reference to the infamous villain race, the Illithids
★ In '', a legion unit sometimes says "Veni, Vidi, Vici" when selected.
★ Vueling Airlines named "Veni, Vidi, Vueling" one of its Airbus A320
★ "Veni, Vidi, Ea Vicit" - "I came, I saw, She conquered", used occasionally in the 1960s and 1970s.
★ "Veni, Vidi, Venetia" has been used in popular culture for the popular Italian city Venice (''or the girls' name - venetia'')
★ "VeniVidiWiki.eu" is the name of a web site combining maps (veni) + video (vidi) + wiki (it is a web2.0 site)
★ "Veni, Vidi, Vici is used in the audio for a video slot machine called "Pompeii" © 2001 Aristocrat from Aristocrat Gaming (tm). The words are spoken as each of the symbols for a coin with the likeness of Caesar appear. If at least three appear on the screen at the same time, a bonus game situation begins.
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