We now possess a fragment of a copy of this interesting document in the famous Monumentum Ancyranum, found at Ancyra in the vestibule of a Temple of Augustus.
The last ode of Book III, beginning, Exegi monumentum aere perennius, I've reared a monument than bronze more lasting, serves as an epilogue to the finished collection.
His tomb in the crypt of the cathedral bears the famous inscription: Si monumentum requieris, circumspice: "If you seek his monument, look around you.
What is theMonumentum Ancyranum and its historic importance (illustration Monumentum Ancyranum, section 66.
Monumentum (moneo) is anything that serves as a reminder: statuam quae sit factis monumentum suis, Curc.
Monumentum is quite as general in meaning as documentum, and shows as great variety of meaning.
Monumentum has an additional shade of meaning, in that it regularly looks toward the past, while documentum looks toward the future.
He rose to it, and as he rose I could see him distinctly.
For if that were necessary, what, according to our Author, would become of his Monumentum Ære perennius?
This is known as the Monumentum Ancyranum, because it is at Angora in Asia Minor that the best preserved copy of it, in Greek and Latin, exists; but fragments remain of other copies from other localities (see C.
Si monumentum requiris, circumspice=--If you seek his monument, look around.
Exegi monumentum ære perennius=--I have reared a memorial of myself more durable than brass.
No immortal can say more justly, from his elevated sphere, to every inhabitant of this vast empire, si monumentum quaeris, circumspice!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "monumentum" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
