bellum
Roman word: war
Bellum is Latin for war, encountered in English mainly through phrases and derivatives.
Casus belli is an act justifying war.
Bellum omnium contra omnes—the war of all against all—comes from Hobbes.
The adjective bellicose (warlike) and the noun antebellum (before the war, especially the American Civil War) derive from it.
Combat engagement area
- trenchesElongated ground excavations
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- tacticsMethods to achieve goals
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
combatants · frontline · ammunition · barrage · casualties · incursion · offensive · defensive
Phoenician colony that challenged Rome
- Punic WarsRome-Carthage military trilogy
- HannibalCarthaginian military commander
- legionGreat number, or soldiers
- phalanxMassed infantry formation
Sparta · Greece · chariot · gladiator · consul · senate · triumph · siege
Active armed fighting
- clashViolent disagreement or collision
- skirmishBrief, limited combat
- confrontationDirect hostile encounter
- feudBitter ongoing rivalry
contention · antagonism · rivalry · discord · friction · animosity · dispute · quarrel
Traveler ethnic group
- CaesarRoman imperial title
- CiceroAncient Rome's greatest speaker
- VergilLatin epic poet
- LivyLatin historian of antiquity
Tacitus · Seneca · Augustus · pax · imperium · gladius · scutum
Severe difficulty or suffering
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- battleArmed military engagement
- fightPhysical or verbal conflict
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
perseverance · tenacity · grit · determination · ordeal · tribulation · striving · survival
battlefield
Combat engagement area
- trenchesElongated ground excavations
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- tacticsMethods to achieve goals
armistice · combatants · frontline · ammunition · barrage · casualties · incursion · offensive · defensive · campaign
Carthage
Phoenician colony that challenged Rome
- Punic WarsRome-Carthage military trilogy
- HannibalCarthaginian military commander
- legionGreat number, or soldiers
phalanx · Sparta · Greece · chariot · gladiator · consul · senate · triumph · siege · catapult
hostilities
Active armed fighting
- clashViolent disagreement or collision
- skirmishBrief, limited combat
- confrontationDirect hostile encounter
feud · contention · antagonism · rivalry · discord · friction · animosity · dispute · quarrel · strife
Roma
Traveler ethnic group
Livy · Tacitus · Seneca · Augustus · pax · imperium · gladius · scutum
adversity
Severe difficulty or suffering
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- battleArmed military engagement
- fightPhysical or verbal conflict
resistance · perseverance · tenacity · grit · determination · ordeal · tribulation · striving · survival · endurance
bellumpax
Enforced imperial peace
peace · armistice · truce · ceasefire · reconciliation
bellumpax
Enforced imperial peace
ordo · prosperity · flourishing · stability · cultivation
bellicose, belligerent, belligerence, belligerency, bellicosity, rebellion, rebellious, rebelliousness, antebellum