Date of the races is the Monday after Spring break, last period.
Needed
-A name and a motto for your chariot. Motto must be Latin, options below to pick from. Be prepared to proudly declare your name and motto WWE style before the start of the race.
-A Chariot to do 7 laps around the bench. Mass start, first across wins. When the horse(sphero) gets separated from the chariot, you have left the race.
NB-We have a sphero for everyone and you are responsible for having a chariot. Students may team up, but the responsibility remains the same to have a chariot.
The roman quotes we have already studied, Veni, vidi, vici- I came, I saw, I conquered, Carpa Diem-Seize the Day, Dulce et Decorum-it is sweet, and proper Pro patria mori-to die for your country here are some other roman sayings
invicta
unconquered
in omnia paratus
ready for anything
hoc est bellum
this is war
fortis in arduis
strong in difficulties-when the going gets tough, the tough get going
fortes fortuna adiuvat
fortune favors the bold-Take the leap
flectere si nequeo superos, acheronta movebo
if I cannot move heaven I will raise hell
fac fortia et patere
do brave deeds and endure
ex nihilo
out of nothing
ex animo
from the heart
dulcius ex asperis
sweeter after difficulties
disce quasi semper victurus vive quasi cras moriturus
learn as if you're always going to live; live as if tomorrow you're going to die (a teacher favourite)
dictum factum
what is said is done
deo volente
God willing
citius altius fortius
faster, higher, stronger -- modern Olympics motto
bono malum superate
overcome evil with good
bellum omnium contra omnes
war of all against all
barba non facit philosophum
a beard doesn't make one a philosopher
aut viam inveniam aut faciam
I will either find a way or make one -- said by Hannibal, the great ancient military commander
auribus teneo lupum
I hold a wolf by the ears -- a common ancient proverb; indicates that one is in a dangerous situation where both holding on and letting go could be deadly; a modern version is, "to have a tiger by the tail"
aut neca aut necare
either kill or be killed
arte et marte
by skill and valour
annuit cœptis
He (God) nods at things being begun -- or "he approves our undertakings," motto on the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States and on the back of the United States one-dollar bill
amor vincit omnia
love conquers all
alea iacta est
the die has been cast -said by Caesar as he crossed the rubicon
ad honorem
for honor
ad hoc
to this -- improvised or made up
vox populi
voice of the people
vivere militare est
to live is to fight
vivere est vincere
to live is to conquer
vive memor leti
live remembering death
virtute et armis
by virtue and arms -- or "by manhood and weapons"; state motto of Mississippi, which may explain the large number of guns they have
virtus tentamine gaudet
strength rejoices in the challenge
vincit qui se vincit
he conquers who conquers himself
vincit qui patitur
he conquers who endures
vae victis
woe to the conquered
summum bonum
the supreme good
summa cum laude
with highest praise, quote used at Universities
spes bona
good hope
sola fide
by faith alone-hopefully your sphero has more than faith
sic vita est
thus is life -- the ancient version of "it is what it is"
sic semper tyrannis
thus always to tyrants -- attributed to Brutus at the time of Julius Caesar's assassination, and to John Wilkes Booth at the time of Abraham Lincoln's assassination; whether it was actually said at either of these events is disputed
sic parvis magna
greatness from small beginnings -- motto of Sir Frances Drake
si vis pacem, para bellum
if you want peace, prepare for war
si vales, valeo
when you are strong, I am strong-A great team quote
semper anticus
always forward
scientia ipsa potentia est
knowledge itself is power-another teacher favourite
scientia ac labore
knowledge through hard work-as above
requiescat in pace
let him rest in peace -- abbreviated R.I.P., and you probably thought it meant 'rest in peace'
quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
who will guard the guards themselves? -- commonly associated with Plato and timely with the happenings down south
quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur
whatever has been said in Latin seems deep -- or "anything said in Latin sounds profound"; a recent ironic Latin phrase to poke fun at people who seem to use Latin phrases and quotations only to make themselves sound more important or "educated"
primus inter pares
first among equals -- a title of the Roman Emperors
praesis ut prosis ne ut imperes
lead in order to serve, not in order to rule
para bellum
prepare for war -- if you want peace, prepare for war—if a country is ready for war, its enemies are less likely to attack
panem et circenses
bread and circuses -- originally described all that was needed for emperors to placate the Roman mob; today used to describe any entertainment used to distract public attention from more important matters
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