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Thucydides

“The goodness of the land favored the enrichment of particular individuals, and thus created faction which proved a fertile source of ruin. It also invited invasion. [5] Accordingly Attica,5a from the poverty of its soil enjoying from a very remote period freedom from faction, [6] never changed its inhabitants. And here is no minor example of my assertion that the migrations were the cause of there being no correspondent growth in other parts.”

Thucydides, The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War
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The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
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