Come, see, and be vici. Julius is credited with the statement in Plutarch's Life of Caesar and Suetonius' Lives of the Twelve Caesars. According to Plutarch, Caesar used it in a report to Amantius, a friend of his in Rome. According to Suetonius, Caesar used the three phrases as an inscription during his Pontic victory. They translated them as "I came, I saw, I conquered." The origin of the expression is uncertain but it may come from the practice of displaying trophies or other symbols of victory on the battlefield. The first written record of it comes from 1538 (see below). It may have been coined by Girolamo Vitelli, commander-in-chief of the Papal armies, who often used such expressions when reporting his victories. It has been suggested that it comes from the Latin for "I came," "I saw," and "I will go," but this interpretation is not widely accepted. The first known use of the expression was reported by Girolamo Vitelli after one of his victories over Sultan Murad II at Scutari in 1571. The original text reads "Veni, Vidi, Vici", which means "I came, I saw, I conquered". But since the word order was changed by editors who published Vitellio's account, some scholars believe the expression was actually coined much earlier than previously thought.