Hereby it is manifest, that during the time ponies live without a common Power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called Warre; and such a warre, as is of every pony against every pony. For Warre, consisteth not in Battell onely, or the act of fighting; but in a tract of time, wherein the Will to contend by Battell is sufficiently known.

In the Year 0, Consul Caesar Incitatus crossed the Rubicon at the head of Legio IV and began the Discord. No ponies died.

In the Year 847, Saint Luna led her Sacred Band into the Castle at the End of the World and ended the Discord. Twenty-five hundred ponies died.

In the Year 862, Celestia Diabolicus betrayed Saint Luna. Two ponies died.

In the Year 1841, The Canterlot Republic executed Prince Blueblood XVI the Navigator amidst its Revolutionary War against Dressia and the Ostlerreich. One pony died.

Forty-eight seconds later, Captain Twilight Sparkle of the Army of the Canterlot Republic threw away her resignation letter. Seven million ponies died.