Latin September blog

Arkansas's motto "Regnat populus" means "The people rule". There is no true origin for this motto but the world assumes it came from a man named Samuel Calhoun Roane who mentioned it at the first-ever territorial assembly, he is the same man who designed the territorial seal for Arkansas. "Regnat populus" used to be "Regnat Populi" but then they changed into the one we now know today. This motto symbolizes that all together we rule and that we are all similar in ways. Some people say it comes from the saying "under God, the people rule." This to me sounds like if we all come together under God and be the people we are meant to be. The world will be a better place and we will rule all as one.


By Holden Linderman

Sources
https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/official-state-motto-3136/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Seal_of_Arkansas#History
https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/arkansas/state-seal/seal-arkansas