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Carthage (Tunisia) (search for this): book 6, chapter 43
The Roman Republic Compared with Others
Nearly all historians have recorded as constitutions
The Theban constitution may be put aside.
of eminent excellence those of Lacedaemonia,
Crete, Mantinea, and Carthage. Some have
also mentioned those of Athens and Thebes.
The former I may allow to pass; but I am convinced that
little need be said of the Athenian and Theban constitutions: their growth was abnormal, the period of their
zenith brief, and the changes they experienced unusually
violent. Their glory was a sudden and fortuitous flash, so to
speak; and while they still thought themselves prosperous, and
likely to remain so, they found themselves involved in
circumstances completely the reverse. The Thebans got their
reputation for valour among the Greeks, by taking advantage
of the senseless policy of the Lacedaemonians, and the hatred
of the allies towards them, owing to the valour of one, or at
most two, men who were wise enough to appreciate the
situation. Since fortune quickly ma
Crete (Greece) (search for this): book 6, chapter 43
The Roman Republic Compared with Others
Nearly all historians have recorded as constitutions
The Theban constitution may be put aside.
of eminent excellence those of Lacedaemonia,
Crete, Mantinea, and Carthage. Some have
also mentioned those of Athens and Thebes.
The former I may allow to pass; but I am convinced that
little need be said of the Athenian and Theban constitutions: their growth was abnormal, the period of their
zenith brief, and the changes they experienced unusually
violent. Their glory was a sudden and fortuitous flash, so to
speak; and while they still thought themselves prosperous, and
likely to remain so, they found themselves involved in
circumstances completely the reverse. The Thebans got their
reputation for valour among the Greeks, by taking advantage
of the senseless policy of the Lacedaemonians, and the hatred
of the allies towards them, owing to the valour of one, or at
most two, men who were wise enough to appreciate the
situation. Since fortune quickly m
Thebes (Greece) (search for this): book 6, chapter 43
Mantineia (Greece) (search for this): book 6, chapter 43
The Roman Republic Compared with Others
Nearly all historians have recorded as constitutions
The Theban constitution may be put aside.
of eminent excellence those of Lacedaemonia,
Crete, Mantinea, and Carthage. Some have
also mentioned those of Athens and Thebes.
The former I may allow to pass; but I am convinced that
little need be said of the Athenian and Theban constitutions: their growth was abnormal, the period of their
zenith brief, and the changes they experienced unusually
violent. Their glory was a sudden and fortuitous flash, so to
speak; and while they still thought themselves prosperous, and
likely to remain so, they found themselves involved in
circumstances completely the reverse. The Thebans got their
reputation for valour among the Greeks, by taking advantage
of the senseless policy of the Lacedaemonians, and the hatred
of the allies towards them, owing to the valour of one, or at
most two, men who were wise enough to appreciate the
situation. Since fortune quickly ma
Athens (Greece) (search for this): book 6, chapter 43
The Roman Republic Compared with Others
Nearly all historians have recorded as constitutions
The Theban constitution may be put aside.
of eminent excellence those of Lacedaemonia,
Crete, Mantinea, and Carthage. Some have
also mentioned those of Athens and Thebes.
The former I may allow to pass; but I am convinced that
little need be said of the Athenian and Theban constitutions: their growth was abnormal, the period of their
zenith brief, and the changes they experienced unusually
violent. Their glory was a sudden and fortuitous flash, so to
speak; and while they still thought themselves prosperous, and
likely to remain so, they found themselves involved in
circumstances completely the reverse. The Thebans got their
reputation for valour among the Greeks, by taking advantage
of the senseless policy of the Lacedaemonians, and the hatred
of the allies towards them, owing to the valour of one, or at
most two, men who were wise enough to appreciate the
situation. Since fortune quickly ma