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The tribune Marcus Livius Drusus's last words, after he had been assassinated during his campaign for Italian enfranchisement, are said to be: "similem mei civem habebit res publica? " ,or to crudely paraphrase, "Who in my likeness will save the Republic ?"

But is there an established or common translation for this quote ?

(Google is unhelpful)
  

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Did you try the entire quotation? Ecquandone, propinqui amicique, similem mei civem habebit res publica.

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Did you try the entire quotation?
Ecquandone, propinqui amicique, similem mei civem habebit res publica.
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[nq:1]The tribune Marcus Livius Drusus's last words, after he had been assassinated during his campaign for Italian enfranchisement, are said ... will save the Republic ?" But is there an established or common translation for this quote ? (Google is unhelpful)[/nq]
I don't know what that translates to, but I'd pay attention to anything uttered by someone that had been assassinated.
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Like, "Ask not what your country kin do for ya..."?

I know, you meant "uttered after he had been assassinated"
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[nq:2]The tribune Marcus Livius Drusus's last words, after he had ... or common translation for this quote ? (Google is unhelpful)[/nq]
[nq:1]I don't know what that translates to, but I'd pay attention to anything uttered by someone that had been assassinated.[/nq]
How the **** does one assassinate an uttering? Oh, I see what you meant ... carry on.

Skitt (in Hayward, California)
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[nq:1]The tribune Marcus Livius Drusus's last words, after he had been assassinated during his campaign for Italian enfranchisement, are said to be: "similem mei civem habebit res publica? " ,or to crudely paraphrase, "Who in my likeness will save the Republic ?"[/nq]
Please note that this is not alt.usage.latin.
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[nq:2]The tribune Marcus Livius Drusus's last words, after he had ... paraphrase, "Who in my likeness will save the Republic ?"[/nq]
[nq:1]Please note that this is not alt.usage.latin.[/nq]
Please note that it is an interesting question anyway.
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[nq:2]The tribune Marcus Livius Drusus's last words, after he had ... paraphrase, "Who in my likeness will save the Republic ?"[/nq]
[nq:1]Please note that this is not alt.usage.latin.[/nq]
alt.usage.latin attracts very few posts, native latin speakers being rather thin on the ground, nowadays.

Regards,
Mark Barratt
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[nq:1]The tribune Marcus Livius Drusus's last words, after he had been assassinated during his campaign for Italian enfranchisement, are said ... will save the Republic ?" But is there an established or common translation for this quote ? (Google is unhelpful)[/nq]
It's having a better day today:
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[nq:2]Please note that this is not alt.usage.latin.[/nq]
[nq:1]alt.usage.latin attracts very few posts, native latin speakers being rather thin on the ground, nowadays.[/nq]
Arcadian Rises provided the whole quotation earlier in the string. In broad English version it is "O my friends and kinsmen, will the Republic ever have another citizen like me?" Seems to have been a Roman preoccupatio
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[nq:2]The tribune Marcus Livius Drusus's last words, after he had ... or common translation for this quote ? (Google is unhelpful)[/nq]
[nq:1]It's having a better day today: http://www.ualberta.ca/~csmackay/CLASS 366/Drusus.html As he died Drusus supposedly asked when the state w
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