fortune favors the brave latin translation

Ovid (a Roman poet) also parodies the phrase in his work Ars Amatoria, writing “audentem Forsque Venusque iuvat' or 'Venus, like Fortune, favors the bold”. This version of the slogan is often attributed to Terrence, a freed slave and Roman playwright. Pliny the Younger quotes his uncle Pliny the Elder as saying 'fortune favors the bold!' ('fortes' inquit 'fortuna iuvat') when commanding his ship to sail closer to Vesuvius in AD 79, an action that was to lead to his death in the eruption.Fortune favors the brave is a common translation of an ancient Latin proverb “fortis Fortuna adiuvat”. His last gamble, attending the Senate on the Ides of March without his lictors (bodyguards), exposed him to successful assassination. While Caesar was a thorough and professional soldier, many of his greatest victories were achieved by taking bold risks which often exposed him and his troops to great danger, but often resulted in memorable victories. The utterance was a commitment of his fate to Fortune.

Julius Caesar also transformed his fortunes when he marched on Rome, with the famous words alea jacta est (the die is cast) as he crossed the Rubicon river. Sulla so believed in his favor with Fortuna that he took the agnomen Felix which means 'lucky' and gave his twin son and daughter the antiquated praenomens Faustus and Fausta because those names were also associated with luck. He was also the first of the great Republican Romans to march upon Rome - a great taboo, but one which cemented his power and influence. He was a consummate risk-taker, achieving martial distinction by taking risks on the battlefield such as wearing disguises and living among the enemy.

The Roman dictator and consul Lucius Cornelius Sulla was said to believe in the influence of the goddess Fortune in his life.

Fortune favors the brave latin translation