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Si vis pacem, para bellum (Classical Latin: [siː wiːs ˈpaːkɛ̃ ˈparaː ˈbɛllʊ̃]) 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 (fourth or fifth century AD), in which the actual phrasing is ...
para bellum: prepare for war: From "Si vis pacem para bellum": if you want peace, prepare for war—if a country is ready for war, its enemies are less likely to attack. Usually used to support a policy of peace through strength (deterrence). In antiquity, however, the Romans viewed peace as the aftermath of successful conquest through war, so ...
si vis pacem, para bellum: if you want peace, prepare for war: From Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De Re Militari. Origin of the name parabellum for some ammunition and firearms, such as the Luger Parabellum. (Similar to igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum and in pace ut sapiens aptarit idonea bello.) sic: thus: Or "just so".
Horace, Satires 2/2:111; similar to si vis pacem, para bellum and igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum. in pace requiescat: in peace may he rest: Alternate form of requiescat in pace ("let him rest in peace"). Found in this form at the end of The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe. in pari materia: upon the same matter or subject
Royal Navy: Si vis pacem, para bellum (Latin for "if you wish for peace, prepare for war") Royal Navy Police: Ne cede malis (Latin for "do not give in to evil") Special Boat Service: By strength and guile; Royal Marines: Per mare, per terram (Latin for "by sea, by land") Royal Air Force: Per ardua ad astra (Latin for "through adversity to the ...
bellum omnium contra omnes: war of all against all: A phrase used by Thomas Hobbes to describe the state of nature: bellum Romanum: war as the Romans did it: All-out war without restraint as Romans practiced against groups they considered to be barbarians bellum se ipsum alet: war feeds itself: Biblia pauperum: Paupers' Bible
Para-Bellum, a Russian band that competed to represent at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 Parabellum (Colombian band) , an extreme metal band from Medellín active in the 1980s Parabellum (French band) , an alternative rock and punk band that formed in 1984
ante bellum: before the war: As in status quo ante bellum ("as it was before the war"); commonly used as antebellum to refer to the period preceding the American Civil War, primarily in reference to the Southern United States at that time. ante cibum (a.c.) before food: Medical shorthand for "before meals" ante faciem Domini: before the face of ...