Reflections on the Rise and Fall of the Ancient Republicks

• Edward Wortley Montagu (author)
• David Womersely (editor)

Montagu’s warnings in Reflections on the Rise and Fall of the Ancient Republicks are unusual in that each of the five states he examines supplies a separate lesson adapted to the needs of Britain during the crisis. Discussion of Sparta, Athens, Thebes, Carthage, and Rome pave the way for Montagu’s censure of Britain in his own day.