Tacitus on Balkanization

[Timothy Francis-Wright]

Justin Schwartz wrote:
> Tacitus put it well long ago: solitudinum facit, pacem dixit (have I 
> got that right? Johanna? Shane? Carrol? It's from memory, I haven't 
> read Tacitus in Latin for 35 years, couldn't now) They make a 
> wilderness and call it peace (Agricola speaking of the Romans).

Your translation is spot on, but the Latin is:
solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant

Tim F-W, aka the pedantic nitpicker