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One Greek definition of freedom included the ability of a state to exercise rule over others (cf. Herodotus 1. 210; Thucydides 8. 68. 4; Aristotle Politica 1333b38–1334a2; Polybius 5. 106. 4–5). The 5th-cent. bc Athenians justified their rule over other Greeks by appealing to the motives of fear, honour, and interest: ‘it has always been the law that the weaker should be subject to the stronger’ (Thucydides 1. 76. 2). Thucydides himself interpreted the early history of Greece as the gradual emergence of greater powers with the ability to control superior resources (1. 1–19). It was common for the major states to seek to dominate weaker ones, as Syracuse in Sicily, especially under the tyrants (see tyranny), and Sparta...[The entire page is 1648 words long]
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