All this happened in Europe, for Asia and Africa have always groaned beneath the yoke of despotism, excepting only the cities of Asia Minor, which have been spoken of above, and the republic of Carthage in Africa.
Halaxe zen Europan: Asian eta Afrikan beti tirania pean izan ohi baitira, salbu aipatu ditugun Asia Txikiko zenbait hiri eta Kartagoko errepublika Afrikan.