The Athenian Constitution
A somewhat similar remark applies to the AthenianThe Athenian constitution may be put aside. |
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The Athenian constitution may be put aside. |
1 In seeking a constitution to compare with that of Rome, that of Athens is rejected (1) as not being a mixed one, (2) as not having been successful: successful, that is, in gaining or keeping an empire. He is speaking somewhat loosely. The power of Athens, of which Themistocles laid the foundation, was mainly consolidated by Pericles; so that Polybius includes much of the period of her rise with that of her decline.
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