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THE HISTORY OF OLD ROME

V. The Establishment of the Military Monarchy

From: The History of Rome, by Theodor Mommsen
Translated with the sanction of the author by William Purdie Dickson


The History of Old Rome

Chapter XI - The Old Republic and the New Monarchy

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Celibacy and childlessness became more and more common, especially among the upper classes. While among these marriage had for long been regarded as a burden which people took upon them at the best in the public interest,(59) we now encounter even in Cato and those who shared Cato's sentiments the maxim to which Polybius a century before traced the decay of Greece,(60) that it is the duty of a citizen to keep great wealth together and therefore not to beget too many children.

59. Cf. III. XIII. Cato's Family Life, iv. 186 f.

60. Cf. IV. I. Achaean War


Where were the times, when the designation "children-producer" (-proletarius-) had been a term of honour for the Roman?

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