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Sunday, May 23, 2004

They create desolation and call it peace


“…in them is an arrogance which no submission or good behaviour can escape. Pillagers of the world, they have exhausted the land by their indiscriminate plunder, and now they ransack the sea. A rich enemy excites their cupidity; a poor one, their lust for power. East and West alike have failed to satisfy them. They are the only people on earth to whose covetousness both riches and poverty are equally tempting. To robbery, butchery, and rapine, the give the lying name of "government"; they create desolation and call it peace.”

King Calgacus of the Caledonians (i.e. Picts/Scotts)
In a speech to his army before losing the battle of Mons Graupius in 83 AD to the Romans under the command of Governor Agricola.
As written by Agricola’s nephew Tacitus.


Posted by: Zayphar / 5/23/2004 12:34:00 AM
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