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> Even in the fountainhead of Western democracy, ancient Athens, the development of a military establishment (a naval fleet) “made Athens securely democratic and incurably aggressive...Moreover, the aggressiveness of the Athenian polis was enhanced when rowers’ pay and plunder became, for a surprisingly large proportion of the Athenian citizenry, a necessary or at least highly desirable addition to the family resources.
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