BOOK 3, CHAPTER 8On the Right to Rule Over the ConqueredI. By war also civil authority is acquired, sometimes as vested in a king, sometimes as vested in a people; the effects of such acquisitionII. The right of a master may be acquired over a people, which then ceases to be a stateIII. Sometimes the two types of authority are mixed.IV. The possessions of a people, even such as are incorporeal, are also acquired; herewith is discussed the question of the written bond of the Thessalians
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