"In 47 BC, after the war with Pharnaces II of Pontus in the city of Zela (now known as Zile, in Turkey), who is credited with saying ""Veni, vidi, vici""?"
Veni, vidi, vici conquered". Veni, vidi, vici Veni, vidi, vici (; ; "I came; I saw; I conquered") is a Latin phrase popularly attributed to Julius Caesar who, according to Appian, used the phrase in a letter to the Roman Senate around 47 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. The phrase is attributed in Plutarch's "Life of Caesar" and Suetonius's "Lives of the Twelve Caesars: Julius". Plutarch writes that Caesar used it in a report to
Battle of Zela campaign against Pharnaces was evidently so swift and complete that, according to Plutarch (writing about 150 years after the battle) he commemorated it with the now famous Latin words reportedly written to Amantius in Rome "Veni, vidi, vici" ("I came, I saw, I conquered"). Suetonius says that the same three words were displayed prominently in the triumph for the victory at Zela. Pharnaces escaped from the rout back to his Bosporan Kingdom but was killed by one of his former governors in a skirmish. Battle of Zela The Battle of Zela was a battle fought in 47 BC between Julius