Si vis pacem, para bellum
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Si vis pacem, para bellum
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Si vis pacem, para bellum is a Latin adage translated as "If you want peace, prepare for war." The phrase is adapted from a statement found in Roman author Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus's tract Dē Rē Mīlitārī, in which the actual phrasing is Igitur quī dēsīderat pācem, præparet bellum. The idea which it conveys also appears in earlier works such as Plato's Nomoi (Laws). The phrase presents the insight that the conditions of peace are often preserved by a readiness to make war to defend said p
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Latin adage translated as, "If you want peace, prepare for war"
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2005-05-21T19:44:20Z
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2024-09-11T07:53:59Z
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