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τίζ γὰρ οὓτωζ ὑπάρχει ϕαûλοζ ἢ ῤᾴθνμοζ ὰνθρώπων ὃζ οὐκ ἂν βούλοιτο γνŵναι πŵζ καὶ τίνι γένει πολιτείαζ ἐπικρατηθέν-τα σχεδὸν ἅπαντα τὰ κατὰ τὴν οἰκουμένην ἐν οὐχ ὅλοιζ πεν-τήκοντα και τρισὶν ἔτεσιν ὑπὸ μίαν ἀρχὴν ἔπεσε την Ῥωμαίων, ὃ πρότερον οὐχ εὑρίσκεται γεγονόζ;

Surely no one can be so worthless or apathetic as not to want to know by what means and under what system of government the Romans, in less than fifty-three years [220–167 BC], succeeded in bringing under their rule almost the entire inhabited world, an achievement without parallel in human history?

POLYBIUS, Histories 1.5