I do not know whether Fronto should be known as the first nitpicker of language, but as tutor to the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, he has a good case for the most tenacious (p.129): The moral of ...

The title that Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) chose for his 1875 graduation poem was “Morituri Salutamus” — derived from the ancient gladiators’ call, Ave Imperator, morituri te salutant: ...

“Ave Caesar, morituri te salutant! ” (Hail Caesar, we’re greeting you before our death!) might have been the last sentence uttered by Joop, Indonesia’s cultural gladiator, before he died ...

Even the late Cecil B de Mille and Victor Mature knew in their heyday the famous Ave Caesar, morituri te salutant -- Salute to you Caesar , these (men) who are about to die salute you.