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Cicero — De Re Publica (On the Commonwealth)

−54 · Book · Public Domain

Cicero's dialogue on the ideal state, modelled on Plato but rooted in Roman experience, praising a mixed constitution. It survives in part through the celebrated 'Dream of Scipio.'

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