Episode 2915
Si vis pacem, para bellum
Sun, 2025-Apr-27 01:12 UTC
Length - 1:28
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The random article for Sunday, 27 April 2025, is 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." The phrase is adapted from a statement found in Roman author Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus's tract Dē Rē Mīlitārī (fourth or fifth century AD), in which the actual phrasing is Igitur quī dēsīderat pācem, præparet bellum ("Therefore let him who desires peace prepare for war"). The idea which it conveys also appears in earlier works such as Plato's Nomoi (Laws). The phrase presents the insight that the conditions of peace are often preserved by a readiness to make war to defend said peace when the need arises.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:12 UTC on Sunday, 27 April 2025.
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