Victory or death

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The Bedford Flag: Vince aut morire
("conquer or die") Bedford Flag at Bedford Library.png
The Bedford Flag: Vince aut morire ("conquer or die")

"Victory or death" and its equivalents, is used as a motto or battle cry.

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Military

It is the name of a gun battery on the main gun deck of the U.S.S. Constitution.

Heraldic motto

It is given as the translation of the heraldic motto of several Irish clans and Scottish clans  :

In fiction

See also

References

  1. "Polybius, Histories, book 15, Scipio's Speech to his Men". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  2. Ancient Olympics BCH 88, p. 186