Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. “It is a beautiful honor to die for one’s country.” In this famous line, the Roman poet Horace gave lasting expression to an ideal of republican virtue inherited ...

Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs And towards our distant rest began to trudge. Men ...

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. This is a line from the Roman lyrical poet Horace’s Odes, which can be roughly translated into English as “It is sweet and glorious to die for one’s own country.” ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. WILFRED Owen, an Englishman, is widely regarded as the greatest poet to emerge from the Allied side during World War I. The significance ...

I have been to the Vietnam wall in Washington, twice. The second time was every bit as emotional as the first. It was the trouble in the world when I was a kid, until it became us. It cuts a scar in ...

DULCE ET decorum est pro patria mori?No, President Obama insisted yesterday in Oslo. War may be inevitable, part of the human condition, sometimes justifiable, but it "promises human tragedy". "War ...

There is an old Latin saying: “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.” This roughly translates into English as, “It is a sweet and beautiful thing to die for one’s country.” Martyrdom usually refers to ...