Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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... Roman commonwealth , and was in law superior to , rather than coördinate with , the king . The origin of the senate can with probability be ascribed to that remote period when each clan in Latium was under the rule of its own elder . As ...
... Roman commonwealth , and was in law superior to , rather than coördinate with , the king . The origin of the senate can with probability be ascribed to that remote period when each clan in Latium was under the rule of its own elder . As ...
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... senate's consent had also to be obtained before war could be declared . And thus the senate's duty was to guard against any innovation or viola- tion of the constitution , whether coming from king or burgess- assembly . In consequence ...
... senate's consent had also to be obtained before war could be declared . And thus the senate's duty was to guard against any innovation or viola- tion of the constitution , whether coming from king or burgess- assembly . In consequence ...
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... Rome under the jus hospitii , were admitted into the curies , and the old burgesses , who had hitherto formed the ... senate could now either reject or confirm the appointment of the magistrates elected by the public assembly . The senate ...
... Rome under the jus hospitii , were admitted into the curies , and the old burgesses , who had hitherto formed the ... senate could now either reject or confirm the appointment of the magistrates elected by the public assembly . The senate ...
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... senatorial in- signia ; they had no share in the magisterial prerogatives of the senate , nor were they allowed to express their opinion on those oc- casions when the senate met in the character of a state - council , and discussed what ...
... senatorial in- signia ; they had no share in the magisterial prerogatives of the senate , nor were they allowed to express their opinion on those oc- casions when the senate met in the character of a state - council , and discussed what ...
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... Rome was , as we have seen , conservative in its character , in that the ... Roman citizens in the later sense of the term . The plebeians had hitherto ... senate , and they were protected by the right of appeal . The elevation of ...
... Rome was , as we have seen , conservative in its character , in that the ... Roman citizens in the later sense of the term . The plebeians had hitherto ... senate , and they were protected by the right of appeal . The elevation of ...
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