Ante = before
bellum = the accusative case of the noun meaning the war
So: before the war
Ante bellum - before the war
The answer is ante bellum.
ante-bellum
'Men about war.'
Treaty of Ghent Status quo ante bellum
Antebellum. Ante means before and bellum means war.
Before.
Bellum is Latin and it means war.
I always fear
"Ante bellum" means "before the war", the war in question being the Civil War.
ante = before
The English equivalent of the Latin phrase 'antebellum' is Before the war, Prewar. In the word-by-word translation, the preposition 'ante' means 'before'. The noun 'bellum' means 'war'.