non auro, sed ferro, recuperanda est patria Phrase
Meaning:
Not gold, but iron redeems the native land
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According to some roman this sentence was said by Marcus Furius Camillus to Brennus, the chief of the Gauls, after he demanded more gold from the citizens of the recently sacked Rome in 390 BC.
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