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What (who) is vae victis - definition
Vae victis
![Brennus]] throws his sword onto the scales. Illustration by Paul Lehugeur, 1886.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brennus and Camillus.jpg?width=200 "Brennus]] throws his sword onto the scales. Illustration by Paul Lehugeur, 1886.")
LATIN PHRASE
Vae Victus; Vae victo; Vae victus; Vae Victis
Vae victis () is Latin for "woe to the vanquished", or "woe to the conquered".Victis is the dative plural form of [the dative singular forms of the phrase are vae victo (masculine & neuter) & vae victae (feminine).
Fame (Confederate monument)
MONUMENT IN SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA
Gloria Victis (Confederate memorial); Gloria Victis (Confederate monument)
Fame, also called Gloria Victis ("Glory to the Defeated" or "Glory to the Conquered"), is a Confederate monument in Salisbury, North Carolina. Cast in Brussels in 1891, Fame is one of two nearly-identical sculptures by Frederick Ruckstull (the other being the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument, removed from public display in Baltimore in 2017).
Examples of use of vae victis
1. "Vae victis!" ("Woe to the vanquished") goes the ancient Roman saying.
2. Not surprisingly, then, a senior Israeli official has already said that "there would be no international force, because no agreement about it would be reached." (Ha‘aretz, Aug. 7, 2006, Hebrew only; omitted in the English version, and not without reason.) Vae Victis Lebanon cannot but object to the proposed resolution, which in fact legalizes its partition.