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Quotation from The Histories, Book VI by Polybius
“a scrupulous fear of the gods, is the very thing which keeps the Roman commonwealth together.”
The Histories, Book VI, Book VI, ch. 56, trans. Evelyn S. Shuckburgh
Polybius names Roman religious awe as the chief advantage of Rome over other states, and links it to the honesty of Roman magistrates.
Citation: "a scrupulous fear of the gods, is the very thing which keeps the Roman commonwealth together." — Polybius, The Histories, Book VI, Book VI, ch. 56, trans. Evelyn S. Shuckburgh. (id polybius-histories-book-vi-q6)
