“Force overcome by force.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero , Pro Milone

Pro Milone, Chapter XI, section 30
Variant translation: Violence conquered by violence.

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Vi victa vis.

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Roman philosopher and statesman -106–-43 BC

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