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Atque ut Theopompo quoque Spartanorum regi moderationis testimonium reddamus, qui cum primus instituisset ut ephori Lacedaemone crearentur, ita futuri regiae potestati oppositi, quemadmodum Romae consulari imperio tribuni pl. sunt obiecti, atque illi cum uxor dixisset id egisse illum, ut filiis minorem potestatem relinqueret, 'relinquam' inquit, 'sed diuturniorem'. optime quidem: ea enim demum tuta est potentia, quae uiribus suis modum inponit. igitur Theopompus regnum legitimis uinculis constringendo, quo longius a licentia retraxit, hoc ad beniuolentiam ciuium propius admouit.
Valerius Maximus. Factorvm et Dictorvm Memorabilivm, Libri Novem. Karl Friedrich Kempf. Leipsig. Teubner. 1888. Keyboarding.
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