Saturday 6 April 2013

Ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant

Scottish history begins with Tacitus and the speech he attributes to Calgacus, which ends thus:

Auferre trucidare rapere falsis nominibus imperium, atque ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.

This translates as: "To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace."

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