I Googled, and it looks like it's from the "Pharsalia" or "Bellum civile," by Lucan. "The struggle between Caesar and Pompey was an even greater nefas than civil war (plus quam civilia) because the opposing generals were related by marriage (Pompey was Caesar's son-in-law by his earlier marriage to the latter's daughter Julia)." http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~silver/Lucan/lucan-poem.html
So, of course, when our stranger hears that Lantenac and Gauvain are fighting, his reaction is "Yes, it is more than civil war, it is domestic war." And he can speak Latin, because he's talented like that! ;)
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Date: 2014-06-06 04:27 pm (UTC)So, of course, when our stranger hears that Lantenac and Gauvain are fighting, his reaction is "Yes, it is more than civil war, it is domestic war." And he can speak Latin, because he's talented like that! ;)