Livy

Livy (c. 59 BCE-17 CE)

“Only make a show of war and you will have peace. Let them only see you prepared for violent action and they will give you your due rights of their own accord.”

  • The History of Rome (book 6, chapter 18) by Livy, translated by Betty Radice. New York: Penguin Classics, 1982.

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