Tacitus - To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, ...

To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.

Tacitus

Roman Historian

Born: 55

Died: 120

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Peace, Wilderness, Plunder, Steal, Empire, Make, Call, Where, Things, Slaughter

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