"Quando hic sum, non iuieno Sabbato; quando Romae sum, iuieno Sabbato."
— Augustine of Hippo

January 1, 1970

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When I am here, I do not fast on Saturday; when at Rome, I do fast on Saturday. — Here, in Letter 36 "To Casulanus" (396 A.D.), Augustine is quoting Ambrose. — Origin of the phrase: "When in Rome, do as the Romans do."