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Bellum/Polemos, the daemon of war from Greco-Roman mythology; Bellum omnium contra omnes, a Latin phrase meaning "the war of all against all" Bellum se ipsum alet, a Latin phrase meaning "the war will feed itself" Bellum civile (disambiguation), a Latin phrase meaning "civil war"
The practice fell out of fashion and into obscurity with the decline in Latin literacy. si vis amari ama: If you want to be loved, love: This is often attributed to the Roman philosopher Seneca, found in the sixth of his letters to Lucilius. si vis pacem, para bellum: if you want peace, prepare for war: From Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De ...
A Roman maxim adopted by Roman Dictator Julius Caesar, King Louis XI of France and the Italian political author Niccolò Machiavelli. dixi: I have spoken: A popular, eloquent expression, usually used in the end of a speech. The implied meaning is that the speaker has said all that had to be said and thus the argument is completed ...
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."
A Roman maxim adopted by Roman Dictator Julius Caesar, King Louis XI of France and the Italian political author Niccolò Machiavelli. dixi: I have spoken: A popular, eloquent expression, usually used in the end of a speech. The implied meaning is that the speaker has said all that had to be said and thus the argument is completed ...
Bellum omnium contra omnes, a Latin phrase meaning "the war of all against all", is the description that Thomas Hobbes gives to human existence in the state-of-nature thought experiment that he conducts in De Cive (1642) and Leviathan (1651).
Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples ... Latin: bellum, belli: antebellum, bellicose, belligerent, rebellion ben-good, well:
The aphorism was likely first written in these words by Cicero in chapter 11 of his oration Pro Milone, although his actual wording is Silent enim leges inter arma. When Cicero used the phrase, politically-motivated mob violence was common. Armed gangs led by partisan leaders controlled the streets of Rome, but such leaders were elected to high ...