StarSword
Since: Sep, 2011
Mar 16th 2015 at 4:48:39 PM
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Okay, fine, mistake on my part. Editing the page is a free action, so howsabout you fix it?
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tketch
Since: Mar, 2015
Mar 19th 2015 at 6:39:09 AM
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Because if I did it without discussing it, someone would change it back.
StarSword
Since: Sep, 2011
"Divide ut Regnes" is the operational Code Name for the attempt to capture Zelle, and means "divide and rule"."
No, it doesn't. "Ut" is closer in meaning to "so that" or "in order to", and "impera" does not mean conquer. It means rule—in fact, it is a command or instruction to rule (second-person singular active imperative). Remember Caesar's famous phrase? Veni, vidi, vici. "Vici" means "I conquered". "Divide et vince" would be an instruction to "divide and conquer".
Divide et impera means "divide and rule/order/command". "Divide ut Regnes" means "divide so that [you] govern/rule/reign".
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