Sentence:  But I suspect that the old Roman was referring to change made under military occupation - the <WSD>sort</WSD> of change which Tacitus was talking about when he said , `` They make a desert , and call it peace '' ( `` Solitudinem faciunt , pacem appellant '' . ) 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality