Sentence:  But I suspect that the old Roman was referring to change made under military <WSD>occupation</WSD> - the sort 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:  the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power