11.10. 10. What other Politicians thought.
To temper monarchy, Arybas, king of Epirus,
[14]
found no other remedy than a republic. The Molossi, not knowing how to
limit the same power, made two kings,
[15]
by which means the state was weakened more than the prerogative; they wanted rivals,
and they created enemies.
Two kings were tolerable nowhere but at Sparta; here they did not
form, but were only a part of the constitution.
Footnotes
[14]
See Justin, Book xvii.
[15]
Aristotle, "Politics," Book v, chap. 11.
