Pace servata, provincia quieta manet.

With peace preserved, the province remains peaceful.

Breakdown of Pace servata, provincia quieta manet.

• manere: to remain
• provincia: the province
• pax: the peace
• quietus: peaceful

Questions & Answers about Pace servata, provincia quieta manet.

What is pace servata doing in this sentence?

It is an ablative absolute.

That means it is a small grammatical unit, separate from the main clause, that gives the circumstance of the action. Here it means something like:

• with peace having been preserved
• once peace has been preserved
• when peace is preserved

So the main clause is provincia quieta manet, and pace servata tells us under what condition or in what situation that happens.

Why is pace in the ablative case?

Because ablative absolutes normally use:

• a noun or pronoun in the ablative
• plus a participle in the ablative

Here:

• pace = ablative singular of pax
• servata = ablative singular feminine participle agreeing with pace

So pace servata is built exactly the way an ablative absolute is usually built.

What form is servata?