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Thread: Hey NP99, what is Il dado è tratto

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    Quote Originally Posted by Clunk View Post
    According to Wikipedia........

    Alea iacta est ("The die is cast") is a Latin phrase attributed by Suetonius (as iacta alea est ['jakta 'a:lea est]) to Julius Caesar on January 10, 49 BC as he led his army across the River Rubicon in Northern Italy. With this step, he entered Italy at the head of his army in defiance of the Senate and began his long civil war against Pompey and the Optimates. The phrase is still used today in Italy (Il dado è tratto) to mean that events have passed a point of no return, that something inevitably will




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    Always a military man hey NP99
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    Quote Originally Posted by Clunk View Post
    According to Wikipedia........ Alea iacta est ("The die is cast")
    I did that But that's not the same words as Il dado è tratto so wasn't sure and still not...lol

    Anyway English would be nice


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    Quote Originally Posted by Apollofish View Post
    Always a military man hey NP99
    Beat me to it!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nisshead View Post
    I did that But that's not the same words as Il dado è tratto so wasn't sure and still not...lol

    Anyway English would be nice


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    Try reading the rest........................... The phrase is still used today in Italy (Il dado è tratto) to mean that events have passed a point of no return, that something inevitably will happen


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    Quote Originally Posted by Clunk View Post
    Try reading the rest........................... The phrase is still used today in Italy (Il dado è tratto) to mean that events have passed a point of no return, that something inevitably will happen
    Thanks Clunky, thought I would have got a bit of an insite as to why NP99 has it in his signiture but I suppose he's too busy posting youtube vids on how to remove stuck bolts with a screwdriver and thanking your posts.
    anyway thanks mate
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nisshead View Post

    Thanks Clunky, thought I would have got a bit of an insite as to why NP99 has it in his signiture but I suppose he's too busy posting youtube vids on how to remove stuck bolts with a screwdriver and thanking your posts.
    anyway thanks mate
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