The phrase, “Ave, Imperator, morituri te salutant" was the form of
greeting invoked by all gladiators to the Roman Emperor before they
engaged in combat in the public arena. In English, it is translated as
"Hail, Emperor, those who are about to die salute you". The economy of
words of the Latin Language makes it possible for a long expression to
be encapsulated in one simple word “morituri”. This Latin word is the
crux of the whole sentence. The Latin author Suetonius mentions this
Latin phrase in De Vita Caesarum or "The Life of the Caesars". (...)Fonte | Independent
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