Gladiator, pendant bronze

$19.89
In stock more than 10 pcs
Code: BHJ9745

The bronze GLADIATOR pendant with the Latin inscription Dum spiro spero (As long as I breathe, I hope) is a very widespread motto. We collaborated on the film Gladiator II by Ridley Scott.

Never give up! That's why we chose this theme.

  • Material: bronze
  • Size: 2 x 3,5 cm
  • Weight approx. 9g
  • Own production

It is considered to be owned by several clans of families such as the MacLennan, Liversidge, Doran and Partidge clans of Scotland.

The meaning of the phrase Dum spiro spero can be found in the work of the Greek poet Theocritus (3rd century BC), who wrote: As long as there is life, there is hope, and only the dead have none. This attitude seems to have become common by the time of the Roman statesman known as Marcus Tullius Cicero

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This phrase also appears in modern times, for example on the South Carolina seal, which was printed in March 1785. At some point it also became the motto of the town of St. Andrews, Scotland, and has been visible in the town's heraldry since the mid-19th century.