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grbs-16321	Rzepka, Jacek	Subdivisions of the Boeotian Confederacy after 379 B.C.	2019	7	.pdf	application/pdf	2557	103	59	Often the di- vision into phylai or districts was expressed in nearly arithmetic formulae, and states were so proud of their division schemes that their association with certain numbers could rise to become the national emblem.1 For Greek federal states it is even postulated that the main milestone in passing from the primordial tribal state to the developed federal state was the introduction of pro- portional district division.2 In Greek states the number of districts could hardly be acci- dental, and we may safely assume that it served to reflect military potential above all. Proverbial connotations of political divisions within the polis are attested for Corinth (Suda π 225 πάντα ὀκτώ, “all things in eights”); for local traditions concerning numbers of civic subdivisions of Greek states see N. F. Jones, Public Organization in Ancient Greece (Philadelphia 1987).	cache/grbs-16321.pdf	txt/grbs-16321.txt