On the record44 BC
For although it was by Nature's guidance that men were drawn together into communities, it was in the hope of safeguarding their possessions that they sought the protection of cities.
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Cicero
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From his philosophical treatise on moral duties, Cicero discusses the fundamental reasons for the formation of human communities and cities.
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