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Sub Rosa: Latin Explained
Vitam impendere vero... (Risk your life for the truth)
Si fecisti nega (If you did it, deny it!)
Si fallatis officium, quaestor infitias eat se quicquam scire de factis vestris (If you fail, the secretary will disavow all knowledge of your activities.)
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 Four A's Explained
The "Four A's" is an obscure reference to Roman coins. An “As” was a copper coin minted by Caesar Augustus (Octavian). These Roman coins were called "A's" or "asses" (no relation to the current day term!) and if a Roman spent four on wine, it was really good wine. Roman soldiers traditionally ordered "one a's" wine and if a soldier ordered "two a's" wine, he was splurging. In general terms, a Roman soldier first century AD would have to pay about a weeks pay for a cup of wine. It is alleged that a menu on the wall of a pub in Pompeii (from 79AD when Vesuvius erupted and buried the city) reads, “get a drink here for an “As”, a better drink for two As', and Falernian for four A's.” Falernian is considered the best wine ever made and the Falernian from 121BC is alleged to be the best wine ever produced.
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