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Surely the most famous sentence in Latin is either "veni, vidi, vici" or maybe "alea jacta est" - or perhaps "et tu, Brute?"
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Also, “Omnia Gallia in tres partes divisa est,” “alea jacta est,” and “veni, vidi, vici.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Latin Phrases Law Students Should Know, But Likely Don’t: 2007
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Casus Radiae Caracae Televisionae, Roma lucuta, causa finita et alea jacta est, sicut vox populi.
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E.g., se jacta de ser doctor “s/he boasts of being a doctor”.
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I personally think that we are in a alea jacta est situation.
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I personally think that we are in a alea jacta est situation.
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Alea jacta est, he remembered from his schoolboy Latin class.
Pop Goes The Weasel Patterson, James, 1947- 1999
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Alea jacta est, he remembered from his schoolboy Latin class.
Pop Goes the Weasel Patterson, James, 1947- 1999
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[206] But "jacta est alea," -- the providence of God must be served, according to the discovery made of his own unchangeable will, and not the mutable interests and passions of the sons of men.
The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968
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But all attempts at negotiation failed, and in January 49 B.C., martial law having been proclaimed on the proposal of the consuls, the tribunes Antony and Cassius fled to Caesar, who crossed the Rubicon (the frontier of Italy) with a single legion, exclaiming "_Alea jacta est. _"
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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