The revival of Italian city-states renewed political interest in classical antiquity

Evidence

The growth of City States in Italy synchronized with the revival of learning, and made it possible for humanists to profit by the political theories of republican Greeks and Romans. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 1886

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 1886
• XREF: connects to: Hellenistic political impotence shifted philosophical focus from metaphysics to individual ethics — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 946; European military models form a chain of borrowings back to antiquity; The political-animal doctrine has deep Italian philosophical roots (+1 more)