“Respice post te! Hominem te esse memento! Memento mori!”
In ancient Rome, the words are believed to have been used on the occasions when a Roman general was parading through the streets during a victory triumph. Standing behind the victorious general was his slave, who was tasked to remind the general that, though his highness was at his peak today, tomorrow he could fall or, more likely, be brought down. The servant conveyed this by telling the general that he should remember, “Respice post te! Hominem te esse memento! Memento mori!”: “Look behind you! Remember that you are but a man! As noted by Tertullian in his Apologeticus.
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Managing Partner in a Swiss based Family Office. Co-founder of a London based financial tech firm. 25+ year veteran of FX markets. Writing about whatever comes to mind at any given moment. More than occassionally nonsense warning.