Ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant — where they make a wasteland, they call it peace
Ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant means where they make a wasteland, they call it peace.
Tacitus puts this criticism of conquest into a British leader's speech, reminding readers that peace without justice may be only a name.
Students usually meet this saying from grade 8 upward.
Related lesson words: facio, pax, bellum.