10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PENTARCHIES»
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pentarchies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
pentarchies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Church of England Quarterly Review
From this larger assembly, whatever were its numbers, a selection was annually
made by certain boards of five, called pentarchies, hereafler to be commented
upon more at length, of one hundred and four individuals prominent for their
wealth ...
2
The Politics of Aristotle: With an Introduction, Two ...
260, 264 : office of general, ii. 404-407 : senate of, ii. 352, 364, 365, 402-405 ; iv.
548 : demos of, ii. 361 : powers of the assembly at, ii. 352, 364 sq., 402 sq., 407 :
pentarchies at, i. 509 note; ii. 365, 404 sq. : judicial procedure at, ii. 366 ; iv. p. xiv
...
Aristotle, William Lambert Newman, 1902
3
The Oxford Handbook of the State in the Ancient Near East ...
There is some reason to suppose that its members served originally only for one
year, being elected by the pentarchies—“by merit” (Aristotle, Politics 1272 b 36—
7), not “according to merit and wealth”)—as were the sufetes (see above).
Peter Fibiger Bang, Walter Scheidel, 2013
4
The Metropolitan Magazine
... and when in command to the council of one hundred. (strength, and thus
resembled those of their own great slay- The most puzzling part of the
Carthaginian government er of beasts and men. is the Pentarchies, of which
Aristotle, and he c.ly ...
5
The Foreign Quarterly Review
The most puzzling part of the Carthaginian government is the Pentarchies, of
which Aristotle, and he only, speaks. According to him, some of the most weighty
matters of the state were managed by them, and they filled up their own
vacancies, ...
Questions of peace or war were frequently brought before them, though Naval
Supremacy. Aristocratic Rule. Government. Suffetes. Council. Senate.
Pentarchies. Aristocratic System. Revenue. not necessarily so. The aristocratical
features of ...
7
Congressional series of United States public documents
Mr. Brooks having withdrawn his demand for the previous question, modified the
said resolution by striking out the word "requested," and inserting in lieu thereof
the word "directed," and also by striking out the words "or pentarchies," and ...
Another oligarchal feature, too, the latter finds in the existence of a very peculiar
office, the Pentarchies, which were not only self-elective, but possessed the right
of selecting the Council of * the Hundred,' — a body in which more power seems
...
9
The Foreign Quarterly Review
The most puzzling part of the Carthaginian government is the Pentarchies, of
which Aristotle, and he only, speak. According to him, some ot the most weighty
matters of the state were managed by them, and they tilled up their own
vacancies, ...
10
The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal
Another oligarchal feature, too, the latter finds in the existence of a very peculiar
office, the Pentarchies, which were not only self-elective, but possessed the right
of selecting the Council of ' the Hundred,' — a body in which more power seems ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PENTARCHIES»
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pentarchies is used in the context of the following news items.
Carthage: Ancient Phoenician City-State
... elected sufetes (the Greeks called them kings) that served along with a senate, citizen assembly and pentarchies (five-person commissions). «LiveScience.com, Oct 12»
