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Lycurgus
Spartan lawgiver whose constitution is praised by Machiavelli.
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First appearance: i
Lycurgus shows up with force in Of the various kinds of government; and to which of them the Roman commonwealth belonged.. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Praised as the wise legislator who gave Sparta a mixed constitution of kings, nobles, and commons, lasting over 800 years.
Lycurgus first appears in 0004 i.
In Of the various kinds of government; and to which of them the Roman commonwealth belonged.: Praised as the wise legislator who gave Sparta a mixed constitution of kings, nobles, and commons, lasting over 800 years.
Later, in Chapter VI: Whether it was possible in Rome to contrive such a government as would have composed the differences between the commons and the senate: His laws established equality of property and a stable government in Sparta, preventing disturbances.
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- Of the various kinds of government; and to which of them the Roman commonwealth belonged.
- Chapter VI: Whether it was possible in Rome to contrive such a government as would have composed the differences between the commons and the senate
- Chapter IX
- Of the religion of the Romans
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