May 7th, 2023 Latin of the Day - "aere perennius"
"aere perennius"
"more lasting/enduring than bronze" - Horace describes his book of poetry as a monument "more lasting than bronze" - most bronze monuments of his era were melted down over a millennium ago, but we still read Horace, so he was right!
~ Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65 - 8 B.C.E.), Odes III.xxx.1
Nonis Maiis anno A.U.C. MMDCCLXXVI
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