Ave Imperator, morituri te salutant: “Hail, Caesar. We who are about to die salute you.” In Longfellow’s hands, however, it comes from old men, attending the 50th anniversary of their graduation, to ...

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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.

“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 ...