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Precepts of Statecraft advises Greek notables how to hold local office under Rome without ruin

A handbook tells Greek politicians how to work under Rome. In the causal graph this event strengthens Democratic Resilience, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.

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A handbook tells Greek politicians how to work under Rome. Plutarch’s documented role is: He wrote advice to Menemachus as received. He did not hold a Roman governorship. Later editors, printers, and excavators remain named where they appear. Plutarch's documented role is: He wrote advice to Menemachus as received. He did not hold a Roman governorship.

Context

Provincial city politics. Rome can ruin a local grandee. Named others on the file: Menemachus as received addressee. The public setting is the file around 0110-09-01. The instrument stays Precepts of Statecraft advises Greek notables how to hold local office under Rome without ruin. The setting of Precepts of Statecraft advises Greek notables how to hold local office under Rome without ruin is the public file around 0110-09-01. Driver democratic-resilience is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Why it matters

Subject-city political craft. Welfare reading improving. Lag to any modern indicator is not treated as zero. This path is attached because the mechanism is named from this act, not because a driver list needed coverage. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Precepts of Statecraft advises Greek notables how to hold local office under Rome without ruin are separate paths.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Plutarch

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.44 · verified

    He wrote advice to Menemachus as received. He did not hold a Roman governorship.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactPrecepts of Statecraft advises Greek notables how to hold local office under Rome without ruin
    2. strengthensDriverDemocratic Resilience
    3. strengthensIndicators (3)Having a say in government
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.4 · Effect from 1 September 110 · verified

    • Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.28 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.7)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.18 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      0.53 score from 0 to 1 · 0.34 below the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.17 score from 0 to 1 to 0.53 score from 0 to 1.

      Above normal = better

    • Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.18 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      0.55 index score (0-1) · 0.26 below the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      Above normal = better

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — PlutarchInternet Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Plutarch, religionStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

SEP/IEP independently describe Praecepta gerendae reipublicae. Official: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Plutarch, politics (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/plutarch/ (opens in a new tab); Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Independent: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Plutarch, political essays (https://iep.utm.edu/plutarch/ (opens in a new tab); Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy). The two URLs are different pages. Where the carrier is a later edition or a received narrative, that limit is stated rather than upgraded to an autograph. Official carrier: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Plutarch, politics (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/plutarch/ (opens in a new tab); Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Independent carrier: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Plutarch, political essays (https://iep.utm.edu/plutarch/ (opens in a new tab); Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy).

Advice, not a constitution. Established: a sourced public record of Precepts of Statecraft advises Greek notables how to hold local office under Rome without ruin under 0110-09-01.

Shared responsibility is part of Precepts of Statecraft advises Greek notables how to hold local office under Rome without ruin. Naming Plutarch does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 0110-09-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorPlutarch
  2. contributed toFactPrecepts of Statecraft advises Greek notables how to hold local office under Rome without ruin
  3. strengthensDriverDemocratic Resilience
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Precepts of Statecraft advises Greek notables how to hold local office under Rome without ruin. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/plu-precepts-statecraft

https://factrail.ai/facts/plu-precepts-statecraft

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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