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Relief at the entrance of the Cultural Center of the Armies in Madrid, showing the Latin phrase "Si vis pacem, para bellum.". 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."
9×19mm Parabellum, a rimless, centerfire, tapered firearms cartridge; Luger pistol (also Pistole Parabellum or Parabellum-Pistole), a toggle-locked recoil-operated semi-automatic pistol; Parabellum MG 14, a 7.92 mm caliber World War I machine gun built by Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken
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".
Meaning from out of the depths of misery or dejection. From the Latin translation of the Vulgate Bible of Psalm 130, of which it is a traditional title in Roman Catholic liturgy. de re: about/regarding the matter
Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re militari; similar to si vis pacem, para bellum and in pace ut sapiens aptarit idonea bello. igne natura renovatur integra: through fire, nature is reborn whole: An alchemical aphorism invented as an alternate meaning for the acronym INRI. igni ferroque: with fire and iron: Phrase describing scorched earth ...
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Si vis pacem, para bellum is a Latin adage translated as, "If you wish for peace, prepare for war". Dona nobis pacem is a phrase in the Agnus Dei section of the Roman Catholic mass; Dona nobis pacem is a cantata written by Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1936. Pacem in terris was a papal encyclical issued by Pope John XXIII on 11 April 1963.