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‘Rome recognised neither the rule of the strongest nor the right of the conqueror over the vanquished in warfare. The Romans’ respect for legal obligations permitted them to conduct only a war that was “pium justum que” (“pious and just”), so that the gods would aid the Roman army to victory. Piety, good faith and justice* were interrelated and, in the minds of the Romans, were needed to guide their struggles and justify their conquests.’

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**– ibid [Encyclopaedia Britannica 20]: 314

[& see last ts entry but one, [Redbook8:259][19910216:1220]{Roman Virtues}[16th February 1991]]

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