Galileo Galilei developed a stronger telescope and was able to prove that Ptolemy's theories about the moon were wrong.
Their was a Dutch colony in the Americas because they wished to gain from the new worlds profits.The Dutch built trading posts along Hudson River. Dutch merchants were well known because of their good business.
<span>They used images and allusions from many different cultures, past and present
Modernists artist had developed a certain level of appreciation to ethnic and cultures that exist from all period because they believe all of them contribute to the society that we see today. Because of this, they often use images and allusins from past and present.</span>
Alea iacta est ("The die is cast") is a variation of a Latin phrase (iacta alea est) attributed by Suetonius to Julius Caesar who pronounced it in the year 49 B.C. when he was leading his army across the Rubicon river in the current territories of Northern Italy. Subsequently, he entered in Italy heading his army and defying the Roman Senate and it meant the beginning of the civil war versus Pompey and the Optimates.
- Plutarch, referred to the same event in his written testimonies and reported the phrase but stating it was pronounced in Greek instead of Latin and that its translation meant: <em>'Let the die be cast'.</em>
- Suetonius described the same situation, reporting a very similar phrase but not exactly the same. Let's include the exact excerpt of his writings where he did so.
<em>Caesar: '... iacta alea est,' inquit.</em>
<em>Caesar said, "The die has been cast."</em>
Thefore there are two very similar versions of the same historical events. Usually the Latin version is the most widely known, as the Latin language was more widespread all over Europe and gave rise to all the current family of Latin languages (Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, etc).
