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  2. Si vis pacem, para bellum - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. List of military unit mottoes by country - Wikipedia

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    Royal Navy: Si vis pacem, para bellum (Latin for "if you wish for peace, prepare for war") Royal Navy Police: Ne cede malis (Latin for "do not give in to evil") Special Boat Service: By strength and guile; Royal Marines: Per mare, per terram (Latin for "by sea, by land") Royal Air Force: Per ardua ad astra (Latin for "through adversity to the ...

  4. List of Latin phrases (P) - Wikipedia

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    para bellum: prepare for war: From "Si vis pacem para bellum": if you want peace, prepare for war—if a country is ready for war, its enemies are less likely to attack. Usually used to support a policy of peace through strength (deterrence). In antiquity, however, the Romans viewed peace as the aftermath of successful conquest through war, so ...

  5. List of Latin phrases (I) - Wikipedia

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    Horace, Satires 2/2:111; similar to si vis pacem, para bellum and igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum. in pace requiescat: in peace may he rest: Alternate form of requiescat in pace ("let him rest in peace"). Found in this form at the end of The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe. in pari materia: upon the same matter or subject

  6. List of Latin phrases (S) - Wikipedia

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    si vis pacem, para bellum: if you want peace, prepare for war: From Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De Re Militari. Origin of the name parabellum for some ammunition and firearms, such as the Luger Parabellum. (Similar to igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum and in pace ut sapiens aptarit idonea bello.) sic: thus: Or "just so".

  7. List of United States Armed Forces unit mottoes - Wikipedia

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    Space Training and Readiness Delta (Provisional) – Latin: Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum, lit. 'If you want peace, prepare for war' [32] Space Delta 2 – Sentinels [33] Space Delta 4 – Latin: Videmus Mundum, lit. 'We see the world' [34] Space Delta 9 – Stormbringers [35]

  8. Peace through strength - Wikipedia

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    Si vis pacem, para bellum; Right of conquest; World peace; Security dilemma; References This page was last edited on 7 January 2025, at 04:15 ...

  9. 625th Strategic Operations Squadron - Wikipedia

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    The Latin motto of the 625th STOS is Si vis pacem para bellum, which means, "If you wish for peace, prepare for war." The 625th STOS is located at Offutt AFB , Nebraska and falls under the 595th Command and Control Group (C2G), 8th Air Force , Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC).