Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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... burgess of Rome . Everyone born of parents united by the cere- mony of the sacred salted cake was also a full citizen ; and therefore the Roman burgesses called themselves " fathers ' children , " patricii , as in the eye of the law ...
... burgess of Rome . Everyone born of parents united by the cere- mony of the sacred salted cake was also a full citizen ; and therefore the Roman burgesses called themselves " fathers ' children , " patricii , as in the eye of the law ...
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... burgesses rested was that ten houses formed a clan , ten clans a wardship ( curia ) , ten wardships the community ... burgesses met and voted by curies . Although all full citizens or burgesses were on a footing of absolute equality as ...
... burgesses rested was that ten houses formed a clan , ten clans a wardship ( curia ) , ten wardships the community ... burgesses met and voted by curies . Although all full citizens or burgesses were on a footing of absolute equality as ...
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... burgesses was military service , as they alone had the right of bearing arms . Hence the name populus ( " body of warriors , ' connected with populari , " to lay waste " ) ; hence , too , the name of quirites ( " lancemen " ) , given ...
... burgesses was military service , as they alone had the right of bearing arms . Hence the name populus ( " body of warriors , ' connected with populari , " to lay waste " ) ; hence , too , the name of quirites ( " lancemen " ) , given ...
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... burgesses adopted , and having the right of vetoing these resolu- tions , should they appear to violate existing ... burgess- assembly . In consequence of this power of the senate , or at least in close connection with it , arose the ...
... burgesses adopted , and having the right of vetoing these resolu- tions , should they appear to violate existing ... burgess- assembly . In consequence of this power of the senate , or at least in close connection with it , arose the ...
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... burgesses being distributed among the existing tribes and curies . Henceforth each of the three tribes contained two divisions or ranks , and these ranks were de- noted by the names " first " ( priores ) and " second " ( posteriores ) ...
... burgesses being distributed among the existing tribes and curies . Henceforth each of the three tribes contained two divisions or ranks , and these ranks were de- noted by the names " first " ( priores ) and " second " ( posteriores ) ...
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