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"He's made a wasteland, and calls it an empire."
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made a wasteland, and calls it an empire."
I believe the more common translation is “made a wasteland an calls it peace”.
(See Gaza for a modern example)
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I took the liberty of shortening it. He's dead, so there's nothing he can do about it.
"To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace."
As Cousin Greg remarked on Succession, "Tacitus, boy—it's just all killer no filler with that guy. Has he ever had a bad quote?"
