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grbs-11811	Walbank, Frank W.	Polybius and the Roman State	1964	22	.pdf	application/pdf	9552	366	58	FRANK W. WALBANK 241 fought only just wars, would have suffered rude violence from the acceptance of such a thesis; and fortunately by the second century, when the Romans found themselves on the defensive about their imperial motives, the Stoics were already at hand to help them out with the comfortable doctrine that the Roman empire was the reward of Roman virtue, and an instrument of justice benefiting ruler and ruled impartially.6 Polybius was not blind to these considerations, and he has some pertinent remarks on Roman morals and Roman morale. According to Polybius,l Scipio Africanus in his speech before Zama promised his men that if they were victorious, they would gain for themselves and their country undisputed command and sovereignty over the rest of the world.	cache/grbs-11811.pdf	txt/grbs-11811.txt