demarcates

Updated: May 10, 2025

And now, as is the inevitable consequence of that civilization in a commercial society which multiplies and strongly demarcates the divisions of labour, the safety of the state no longer rested solely upon the unpurchased arms and hearts of its citizens but not only were the Athenians themselves who served as soldiers paid, but foreign mercenaries were engaged a measure in consonance with the characteristic policy of Pericles, which was especially frugal of the lives of the citizens.

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Complete