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Ἀίτια Ῥωμαϊκά

Ἀίτια Ῥωμαϊκά Plutarch
84 Is it because the Roman State was based originally on a military organization and most of the matters that are of use on campaigns are taken up beforehand at night? Or did they make sunrise the beginning of activity, and night the beginning of preparation? For men should be prepared when they act, and not be making their preparations during the action, as Myson,Similar foresight, regarding a plough instead of a fork is reported by Diogenes Laertius, i. 106. who was fashioning a grain-fork in wintertime, is reported to have remarked to Chilon the Wise.
84 Or, just as noon is for most people the end of their transaction of public or serious business, even so did it seem good to make midnight the beginning? A weighty testimony to this is the fact that a Roman official does not make treaties or agreements after midday.

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