Note 31 — Chapter II · The Kingdom of Scotland—843–900.
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δημοκρατοῦνταί τε ὡς πλήθει is the expression of Dio (in Severo). Strabo (l. 4, p. 197) describes the Gallic states as Aristocracies, annually choosing “in ancient times”—i.e., before the Roman Conquest—a ruler ἡγημόνα, and a general στρατηγὸν; in other words, a Vergobreith and a Toshach.