Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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... became gradually weaker in suc- ceeding generations , there arose the distinction between members of a family , agnati , and members of a clan , gentiles . The former denoted those male members of a family who could show the suc ...
... became gradually weaker in suc- ceeding generations , there arose the distinction between members of a family , agnati , and members of a clan , gentiles . The former denoted those male members of a family who could show the suc ...
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... became amalgamated , the position . of such an elder was necessarily subordinated to that of the head or king of the community ; but that the senate was not a mere con- clave of trusty councilors called into being by the king , but an ...
... became amalgamated , the position . of such an elder was necessarily subordinated to that of the head or king of the community ; but that the senate was not a mere con- clave of trusty councilors called into being by the king , but an ...
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... became usual , and from this usage the subsequent extensive powers of the senate were in great measure developed . To sum up , the oldest constitution of Rome was in some measure constitutional monarchy inverted . In the Roman ...
... became usual , and from this usage the subsequent extensive powers of the senate were in great measure developed . To sum up , the oldest constitution of Rome was in some measure constitutional monarchy inverted . In the Roman ...
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... became metics , or resident aliens , and to the influence of war , which while it transferred the citizens of conquered towns to Rome , at the same time thinned the ranks of the Roman citizens , who alone had the doubtful privilege of ...
... became metics , or resident aliens , and to the influence of war , which while it transferred the citizens of conquered towns to Rome , at the same time thinned the ranks of the Roman citizens , who alone had the doubtful privilege of ...
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... became president of the Latin league of thirty cantons , and the seat of the religious ceremonial observed at the Latin festival . An alliance was concluded on equal terms between Rome on the one hand and the Latin confederacy on the ...
... became president of the Latin league of thirty cantons , and the seat of the religious ceremonial observed at the Latin festival . An alliance was concluded on equal terms between Rome on the one hand and the Latin confederacy on the ...
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