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Quotation from The Histories, Book VI by Polybius
“For the people is the sole fountain of honour and of punishment”
The Histories, Book VI, Book VI, ch. 14, trans. Evelyn S. Shuckburgh
The answer to the question of what power remains to the Roman people when consuls and Senate hold so much.
Citation: "For the people is the sole fountain of honour and of punishment" — Polybius, The Histories, Book VI, Book VI, ch. 14, trans. Evelyn S. Shuckburgh. (id polybius-histories-book-vi-q4)
