Ab urbe condita (idiom)
Ab urbe condita ( Latin for "since the founding of the City" ) is a phrase today has always been , since always , since time immemorial .
Since, according to the Roman view, nothing relevant happened before the founding of the city of Rome , this point in time is to be equated with the beginning of history . So what ab urbe condita happened is since always or immemorial done, been etc.
A similar phrase is Since Olim's times , which was formed with the Latin word for once .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Duden, Quotations and Sayings (Volume 12), 1993, p. 19; ISBN 3-411-04121-8
- ↑ Olim at Duden Online