Note 248 — Chapter VI · CITIES AND PEOPLES (C) PRIMITIVES, CULTURE-PEOPLES, FELLAHEEN
Charles Francis Atkinson translation
Mommsen described the Roman Empire as a “universal Empire founded upon municipal autonomy.” And even Alexander’s empire was originally conceived, and to a great extent actually organized, in this spirit. See P. Jouguet, L’Impérialisme macédonien (1926), Ch. IV.—Tr.