factional strife
idea · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
being rent by factions · democratic factions · oligarchical governments · party strife
in the texts
History of the Peloponnesian War
The danger of internal political division threatening the stability and war effort of a state.
What they themselves, however, should most especially look to, was, he said, to avoid being rent by factions.
Hellenica
Internal political conflict between democratic, oligarchic, pro-Lacedaemonian, and opposing factions.
The democratic factions, however, withdrew from these cities to Thebes.
Now when Agesilaus had arrived at Thespiae, finding that the citizens were involved in factional strife, and that those who said they were supporters of Lacedaemon wanted to put to death their opponents, of whom Menon was one, he did not allow this proceeding;