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when you hope for peace prepare for war

Latin translation: Si vis pacem, para bellum

22:08 Nov 14, 2006
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English term or phrase: when you hope for peace prepare for war
possible quote or on a document of war for rome
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Latin translation:Si vis pacem, para bellum
Explanation:
Literally it means: "If you want peace, have war ready"

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Note added at 10 hrs (2006-11-15 08:14:42 GMT)
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Still, the English sentence you wrote down is much like the longer version which the above and more famous quote was derived from:

"Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum".

Literally it means: "Then, anyone who longs/wishes for peace should ready war plans" and it is taken from "Epitoma rei militari" (also known as "De Rei Militari","Of the art of war") by Publius Flavius Vegetius, a writer of the 4th century a.D.

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5 +4Si vis pacem, para bellum
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Si vis pacem, para bellum


Explanation:
Literally it means: "If you want peace, have war ready"

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Note added at 10 hrs (2006-11-15 08:14:42 GMT)
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Still, the English sentence you wrote down is much like the longer version which the above and more famous quote was derived from:

"Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum".

Literally it means: "Then, anyone who longs/wishes for peace should ready war plans" and it is taken from "Epitoma rei militari" (also known as "De Rei Militari","Of the art of war") by Publius Flavius Vegetius, a writer of the 4th century a.D.

HIH

Leonardo Marcello Pignataro (X)
Local time: 21:18
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nicholas Ferreira: Exactly. This is perfect!
3 mins
  -> Grazie, Nicholas, e buona giornata!
agree  Kirill Semenov
7 hrs
  -> Hi, Kirill, nice to read you again!
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou: Kalimera, Leonardo.:-)
11 hrs
  -> Buongiorno, Vicky!
agree  Joseph Brazauskas: Excellent, although you might have used the colloquial 'sis' for 'si vis'.
15 hrs
  -> Hi Joseph! I quite absent-mindedly typed down the quote I learned in my first school years, kind of a "Pavlovian effect"! :-):-):-)
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