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Quotation from The Histories, Book VI by Polybius
“no one could say for certain, not even a native, whether the constitution as a whole were an aristocracy or democracy or despotism.”
The Histories, Book VI, Book VI, ch. 11, trans. Evelyn S. Shuckburgh
Polybius introduces the three elements of the Roman constitution, so evenly balanced that the whole resists classification.
Citation: "no one could say for certain, not even a native, whether the constitution as a whole were an aristocracy or democracy or despotism." — Polybius, The Histories, Book VI, Book VI, ch. 11, trans. Evelyn S. Shuckburgh. (id polybius-histories-book-vi-q3)
