The article explores Polybius's view from Book Six of Histories in which he argues that the Roman constitution was superior to other mixed systems of government because it evolved naturally. The novelty of Polybius's approach within the wider classical tradition is examined by contrasting his account with Plato's and Aristotle's. The architecture of the two kinds of mixed constitutions is then compared: the Spartan government is taken as a model of a good planned constitution and the Roman constitution as the best naturally evolving system of government. The main be nefit of the natural constitution over all other constitutions, simple and mixed, is its stability, and the final part of the paper addresses a plausible way in which Polybius thought such a constitution was reached in Rome and situates this historical account within his theory of anacyclosis.
TY - JOUR
AU - Simendić, Marko
PY - 2016
UR - http://rfpn.fpn.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/568
AB - The article explores Polybius's view from Book Six of Histories in which he argues that the Roman constitution was superior to other mixed systems of government because it evolved naturally. The novelty of Polybius's approach within the wider classical tradition is examined by contrasting his account with Plato's and Aristotle's. The architecture of the two kinds of mixed constitutions is then compared: the Spartan government is taken as a model of a good planned constitution and the Roman constitution as the best naturally evolving system of government. The main be nefit of the natural constitution over all other constitutions, simple and mixed, is its stability, and the final part of the paper addresses a plausible way in which Polybius thought such a constitution was reached in Rome and situates this historical account within his theory of anacyclosis.
PB - University of Zagreb, Faculty of Political Sciences
T2 - Politička misao
T1 - Natural is better than planned: two models of a mixed constitution from polybius's histories
EP - 101
IS - 2
SP - 87
VL - 53
ER -
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abstract = "The article explores Polybius's view from Book Six of Histories in which he argues that the Roman constitution was superior to other mixed systems of government because it evolved naturally. The novelty of Polybius's approach within the wider classical tradition is examined by contrasting his account with Plato's and Aristotle's. The architecture of the two kinds of mixed constitutions is then compared: the Spartan government is taken as a model of a good planned constitution and the Roman constitution as the best naturally evolving system of government. The main be nefit of the natural constitution over all other constitutions, simple and mixed, is its stability, and the final part of the paper addresses a plausible way in which Polybius thought such a constitution was reached in Rome and situates this historical account within his theory of anacyclosis.",
publisher = "University of Zagreb, Faculty of Political Sciences",
journal = "Politička misao",
title = "Natural is better than planned: two models of a mixed constitution from polybius's histories",
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Simendić, M.. (2016). Natural is better than planned: two models of a mixed constitution from polybius's histories. in Politička misao
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Political Sciences., 53(2), 87-101.
Simendić M. Natural is better than planned: two models of a mixed constitution from polybius's histories. in Politička misao. 2016;53(2):87-101..
Simendić, Marko, "Natural is better than planned: two models of a mixed constitution from polybius's histories" in Politička misao, 53, no. 2 (2016):87-101.
