Book 12
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And this also indicates that there is no sign of AristotleThe Locrians then were naturally friends of Sparta and enemies of Athens. being wrong in saying that the Athenians ravaged their territory. For it being quite natural, as I have shown, that the men who started from Locri and landed in Italy, if they were slaves ten times over, should adopt friendly relations with Sparta, it becomes also natural that the Athenians should be rendered hostile to them, not so much from regard to their origin as to their policy.
