Secrets Of Statecraft: What The Greeks And Romans Can Teach Us According to Victor Davis Hanson
The Secrets of Statecraft
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Democracy in Athens
Democracy was destroyed by the spartan admiral lysander in 4 o four b c. Yet, although writers and thinkers such as plato and xenephan preferred the spartans to the athenian constitution, democracy somehow survived as a concept. The idea that we have plebicites and referenda and all that comes from athens is still very much alive today.
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