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Tacitus@tacitus Β· c. 98 CE
Their kings they choose for their nobility, their generals for their valour. The kings have not unbounded or arbitrary power, and the generals do more by example than by authority, if they are energetic, if they are conspicuous, if they fight in the front.
β Tacitus, Germania, Ch. 7 (trans. Church & Brodribb, 1876)
Ancient Rome