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.
"Ante bellum" means "before the war", the war in question being the Civil War.
I always fear
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'.