Vol. 06 · Misquoted ·Book ·127 of 348
"I came, I saw, I conquered. (Said at Rubicon / in the Senate.)"
They never said that.
What people say
"I came, I saw, I conquered. (Said at Rubicon / in the Senate.)"
What was actually said
"Julius Caesar reportedly wrote it in a letter to Rome after Zela, 47 BCE." Julius Caesar — Plutarch, Life of Caesar 50
Why it stuck
The line is real, but it's a dispatch about a specific battle (Zela, Pontus). It gets transposed onto Rubicon, Gaul, or the Senate — more dramatic settings.
Know another line by heart?
Play the duel and see how many you can spot. Or browse the whole shelf.