Key term for OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation, used in Prescribed Sources.
The 'fear of the enemy'; a concept suggesting that an external threat keeps a state morally unified and virtuous.
Metus hostilis appears in OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation revision content for Women in the Ancient World, especially Prescribed Sources and Literary Sources.
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