Note 682 — Chapter XI · THE STATE (B) STATE AND HISTORY
Charles Francis Atkinson translation
In the Western dynasty-states the domestic law of each is valid for its territory and applies therefore to all persons present therein, irrespective of allegiance. In the city-state, on the contrary, the validity of its domestic law for a person arises from that person’s possession of citizenship; civitas, therefore, means infinitely more than present-day nationality, for without it a man was without rights at all—as a “person,” non-existent.