Booty
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| + | "[[Justice]] being taken away, then, what are [[monarchy|kingdom]]s but great [[Robbery|robberies]]? For what are robberies themselves, but little kingdoms? The band itself is made up of men; it is ruled by the authority of a prince, it is knit together by the pact of the confederacy; the [[booty]] is divided by the law agreed on. [...] Indeed, that was an apt and true reply which was given to [[Alexander the Great]] by a [[piracy|pirate]] who had been seized. For when that king had asked the man what he meant by keeping hostile possession of the sea, he answered with bold pride, 'What do you mean by seizing the whole earth; because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a [[robber]], while you who does it with a great fleet are styled [[emperor]]'."--''[[The City of God]]'' (5th century) by [[St. Augustine]] | ||
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"Justice being taken away, then, what are kingdoms but great robberies? For what are robberies themselves, but little kingdoms? The band itself is made up of men; it is ruled by the authority of a prince, it is knit together by the pact of the confederacy; the booty is divided by the law agreed on. [...] Indeed, that was an apt and true reply which was given to Alexander the Great by a pirate who had been seized. For when that king had asked the man what he meant by keeping hostile possession of the sea, he answered with bold pride, 'What do you mean by seizing the whole earth; because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber, while you who does it with a great fleet are styled emperor'."--The City of God (5th century) by St. Augustine |
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- A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once.
- Plunder taken from an enemy in time of war, or seized by piracy.
- The buttocks.
