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Publius (or Flavius) Vegetius Renatus, [1] known as Vegetius (Latin: [u̯ɛˈɡɛtiʊs]), was a writer of the Later Roman Empire (late 4th century). Nothing is known of his life or station beyond what is contained in his two surviving works: Epitoma rei militaris (also referred to as De re militari ), and the lesser-known Digesta Artis ...
Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re militari; similar to si vis pacem, para bellum and in pace ut sapiens aptarit idonea bello. igne natura renovatur integra: through fire, nature is reborn whole: An alchemical aphorism invented as an alternate meaning for the acronym INRI. igni ferroque: with fire and iron: Phrase describing scorched earth ...
De re militari (Latin "Concerning Military Matters"), also Epitoma rei militaris, is a treatise by the Late Latin writer Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus about Roman warfare and military principles as a presentation of the methods and practices in use during the height of the Roman Empire and responsible for its power. The extant text dates to ...
Relief at the entrance of the Cultural Center of the Armies in Madrid, showing the Latin phrase "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."
Second, neither phrase is actually a direct quote of Vegetius. What he actually wrote (in the preface of "Epitoma rei militaris", Book III) was "Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum", so the more famous version is a paraphrase of a sentence that starts with a word similar in meaning to "thus" ("igitur" = "therefore"). But at least our ...
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Swing low, sweet chariot. Coming for to carry me home. If you get there before I do. Coming for to carry me home. Tell all my friends I'm coming too. Coming for to carry me home. Swing low, sweet ...
Rubric and decorated initial at the start of the oldest copy of the Libellus, misattributed to Cicero in a 14th-century manuscript. The Libellus de vocabulis rei militaris is a Latin military treatise in the form of a collection of excerpts from the first three books of the Epitoma rei militaris of Vegetius.