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Page 93
... Consul suffectus , to whom tradition ascribes the lex Valeria de provocatione ( Ne quis magistratus civem Romanum ... consul and prætor is doubtful . Consul denotes either " administrator of the state " ( qui consult reipublica ) , or ...
... Consul suffectus , to whom tradition ascribes the lex Valeria de provocatione ( Ne quis magistratus civem Romanum ... consul and prætor is doubtful . Consul denotes either " administrator of the state " ( qui consult reipublica ) , or ...
Page 94
... consul who presided over the election , who there- upon appointed them ( creare ) . The comitia centuriata acquired also the right of accepting or rejecting bills laid before it , but the six patrician centuries of equites retained the ...
... consul who presided over the election , who there- upon appointed them ( creare ) . The comitia centuriata acquired also the right of accepting or rejecting bills laid before it , but the six patrician centuries of equites retained the ...
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... consul when he was more than a mile from the city . From the first the tribunes of the people exercised judicial functions , convened the assemblies of the plebeians , and proposed criminal sentences for their consideration . Later ...
... consul when he was more than a mile from the city . From the first the tribunes of the people exercised judicial functions , convened the assemblies of the plebeians , and proposed criminal sentences for their consideration . Later ...
Page 97
... consul Aquillius , and , in the next year , by the consul Spu- rius Cassius , the 486. Hernici joined the Latin league . 486. Spurius Cassius Viscellinus ( Vecellinus ? ) , consul for the third time , brought forward the first agrarian ...
... consul Aquillius , and , in the next year , by the consul Spu- rius Cassius , the 486. Hernici joined the Latin league . 486. Spurius Cassius Viscellinus ( Vecellinus ? ) , consul for the third time , brought forward the first agrarian ...
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... consul . At the same time one of the three great colleges of priests ( decemviri [ formerly duoviri ] sacris faciundis ) was opened to the plebeians . In order to retain at least the administration of the judicial de- partment in the ...
... consul . At the same time one of the three great colleges of priests ( decemviri [ formerly duoviri ] sacris faciundis ) was opened to the plebeians . In order to retain at least the administration of the judicial de- partment in the ...
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