2012

TQ0107 : Pro Patria Mori

taken 12 years ago, near to Arundel, West Sussex, England

Pro Patria Mori
Pro Patria Mori
The war memorial plaque on the wall of Arundel Town Hall (TQ0107 : Arundel Town Hall) is dedicated "To the memory of the men who fell in South Africa in defence of the Empire". It carries the dates 1899-1902 and is headed by the quotation:

"DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI"

which is a line from the Roman lyrical poet Horace's Odes (III.2.13). The line can be roughly translated into English as "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country."

A quotation that went rather out of favour after the publication of Wilfred Owen's poem "Dulce et Decorum Est" which describes the horrors of a World War I mustard gas attack and ends by describing the Horatian quotation as "that old lie".

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TQ0107, 1098 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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David Dixon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 7 August, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 14 August, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 0176 0714 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:51.2900N 0:33.3412W
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 0176 0714
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