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SOLITUDINEM FACIMUS, PACEM APPELLAMUS

15d 20h ago by piefed.social/u/PugJesus in roughromanmemes@piefed.social from media.piefed.social

Explanation: After the rebellion of the Briton queen Boudicca against Roman rule, the victorious Roman general, Paulinus, went on a punitive campaign against areas of Roman Britain which supported her revolt. Concerned that this would only re-ignite hostilities, Paulinus was recalled by the Empire.

Hopefully my rudimentary Latin has declined the title correctly - from a famous statement of the Roman historian Tacitus (who was not a fan of Roman expansionism) about Roman war against barbarians - "solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant" - "They make a desert, and call it peace." Changed here to (again, hopefully) "We make a desert, and call it peace"