Calgacus Quote

They plunder, they slaughter, and they steal: this they falsely name Empire, and where they make a wasteland, they call it peace.

Attributed by Tacitus in Agricola (c. 98) [tr. Loeb Classical Library edition]

They plunder, they slaughter, and they steal: this they falsely name Empire, and where they make a wasteland, they call it peace.

They plunder, they slaughter, and they steal: this they falsely name Empire, and where they make a wasteland, they call it peace.

They plunder, they slaughter, and they steal: this they falsely name Empire, and where they make a wasteland, they call it peace.

They plunder, they slaughter, and they steal: this they falsely name Empire, and where they make a wasteland, they call it peace.