Map of La Rioja's Wine Region. The beautiful wine country of La Rioja is a fascination and historic region, regularly featured on our. Rioja was demarcated by the area's governing body, the CONSEJO REGULADOR, in 1926. The region extends for approx. 120 km along both sides of the Ebro River and is, at its widest, 50 kilometers, bounded by mountains on either side.
From Italian arrivederci (âgoodbyeâ), from a (âtoâ) with rivederci (âto see each other of us againâ), from the infinitive rivedersi (âto see each other again, to meet againâ), from ri- (âre-â) with the infinitive vedersi (âto see each otherâ), from vedere (âto seeâ) with the variable pronoun si (âoneself; one anotherâ).
Veni, vidi, vici. Veni, vidi, vici is a Latin phrase popularly attributed to Julius Caesar, who supposedly used the phrase in a letter to the Roman Senate around 46 BC after he had achieved a quick victory in his short war against Pharnaces II of Pontus at the Battle of Zela. The phrase is used to refer to a swift, conclusive victory. Veni, vidi, and vici are first person perfect forms of the Latin verbs venire, videre, and vincere, which mean to come, to see, and to conquer, respectively. The sentence's form is classed as a tricolon and a hendiatris.