Many young pilgrims arrive in Rome not having learned how to read Latin or even Roman numerals. What makes reading the Latin inscriptions more difficult are the abbreviations that are sometimes used!
Pilgrims sometimes ask: "So, what does D.O.M. mean?" Deo Optimo Maximo (To God, the best, the greatest).
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It's more ancient than you suppose. It's real meaning is to the Best and Greatest God. That's because to assure that the christian god was better than the others in a polytheistic society.
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