In 19th-century Europe, the length of civil wars fell significantly, largely due to the nature of the conflicts as battles for the power center of the state, the strength of centralized governments, and the normally quick and decisive intervention by other states to support the government.
在19世紀的歐洲，內戰的時間顯著的減短，原因是因為衝突的性質，像是當時戰鬥是國家權力的中心、中央政府的強度、以及其他國家會為了支持政府而進行快速的干預。