ABSTRACT
Whoever has studied ancient history will have found
that the republics had three methods
of aggrandizement.
One of these was to form a confederation of several
republics, neither of which had any eminence over
the other in rank or authority;
The second method was to make associates of other
states; reserving to themselves, however, the rights
of sovereignty, the seat of empire, and the glory of
their enterprises.
