... libertas [liberty], like regnum [kingship] or dominatio [despotism], is a convenient term of political fraud. (Ronald Syme)

... libertas [liberty], like regnum [kingship] or dominatio [despotism], is a convenient term of political fraud.

Ronald Syme

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