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Rome ... did not conquer the nations. She annexed them, by means of a…

Quote byBouck White · 1874–1951

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Call of the Carpenter (1914), p. 9.

English (original)

Rome ... did not conquer the nations. She annexed them, by means of a coalition with the local capitalist group in each. ... Wherever the strain between the local privileged class and its proletariat was intense, Rome found natural allies in the former.

— Bouck White

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