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By a convenient coincidence, King Attalus III of Pergamum had died in 133 BCE, and – combining a realistic assessment of Roman power in the eastern Mediterranean with a shrewd defence against assassination by rivals at home – he had made ‘the Roman people’ the heir to his property and large kingdom in what is now Turkey. This inheritance provided
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the commons
Brandon Marcus • 5 cards
He has no venture in the present. But though comparatively disregarded now, when his day comes, laws unsuspected by most will take effect, and masters of families and rulers will come to him for advice.
Henry David Thoreau • Walden (AmazonClassics Edition)
A democracy, consequently, will be confined to a small spot. A republic may be extended over a large region.
John Jay • The Federalist Papers (AmazonClassics Edition)
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau • Do Contrato Social (Portuguese Edition)
to the end that the office might be powerful and the officer insignificant,
Alexis de Tocqueville • Democracy in America, Volume I and II (Optimized for Kindle)
The secret, Polybius suggested, lay in a delicate relationship of checks and balances between consuls, the senate and the people, so that neither monarchy nor aristocracy nor democracy ever entirely prevailed.
Mary Beard • SPQR
Politics
Neil • 6 cards