[272] In Magna Graecia, in particular, the whole Pythagorean movement had such associations in a high degree. Note the frequency of names beginning αναξ (= king or chief) in the history of early Greek philosophy.
[273] Mahaffy, Greek Life and Thought, p. 136.
[274] Idem, pp. 145-49; Gibbon, Bohn ed. iv, 352.
[275] E.g., the whole population of Corinth; and 150,000 inhabitants of Epirus.
[276] Cp. Finlay, i, 23.
[277] They exacted from Macedonia only half the tribute it had paid to its kings; but there is a strong presumption that it was too impoverished after the war to pay more.
[278] "The extraordinary payments levied on the provinces soon equalled, and sometimes exceeded, the regular taxes" (Finlay, i, 39). Cp. Mahaffy, Greek World under Roman Sway, pp. 145, 156, 159, 161, 162.
[279] Cp. Hertzberg, Gesch. Griechenlands unter der Herrsch. der Römer, Th. i, Kap. 5, pp. 486-91.
[280] Finlay, i, 45, 46, 74.
[281] "We stand [1st c. A.C.] before a decayed society of very rich men and slaves" (Mahaffy, Greek World, p. 268).