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Teddy Roosevelt: “The Romans kept national unity, but only by means of a crushing centralized despotism.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
The Romans kept national unity, but only by means of a crushing centralized despotism.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

From an essay on national unity, this passage describes how the Roman Empire maintained its cohesion through centralized authority.

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