Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wore plain grey T-shirts and hoodies to work every day for several years to be more productive. So, when he opted for T-shirts in different colors and with bold phrases, it certainly turned heads and sparked chatter on the Internet. At the company’s annual Connect event in Menlo Park, California, the tech titan wore a black T-shirt with a Latin phrase. While the event was to showcase Meta’s latest innovations, including the advanced AR glasses – Orion and the Meta Quest 3S, it was Zuckerberg’s T-shirt that truly stole the limelight.
What is the meaning of the Roman Empire-inspired phrase?
“Aut Zuck Aut Nihil,” was written in all caps in grey on Zuckerberg’s black T-shirt. But, what does it mean? The Latin phrase translates to “All Zuck, or all nothing” – a play on the famous phrase “Aut Caesar, aut nihil,” which means “either a Caesar or nothing,” or more simply, “all or nothing”.
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The phrase traces its origins to Renaissance Italy, where people sought to be at the pinnacle, like Caesar, and saw anything less as failure.
Watch Mark Zuckerberg sporting the custom T-shirt here:
Mark Zuckerberg’s love for Rome and its history
This, however, is not the first time that Zuckerberg wore a T-shirt with a Latin phrase. On his 40th birthday, Zuckerberg posted photos on social media in which he wore a T-shirt with the words “Carthago delenda est,” meaning “Carthage must be destroyed”. This is a famous quote from the Roman statesman Cato the Younger, who used it to advocate for the complete annihilation of the city of Carthage, a historical rival of Rome.
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Not just this, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, spent their honeymoon in Rome. Additionally, they named two of their three daughters, August and Aurelia, after the Roman emperors Augustus Caesar and Marcus Aurelius. Their first daughter is named Maxima, a twist on the Latin name Maximus.
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