Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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Page 31
... capital or corporal punish- ment ; unless , indeed , the sentence was pronounced under martial law . In token of this right , which before 451 B.C. was extended to cases of heavy fines , the consular lictors laid aside the axes , which ...
... capital or corporal punish- ment ; unless , indeed , the sentence was pronounced under martial law . In token of this right , which before 451 B.C. was extended to cases of heavy fines , the consular lictors laid aside the axes , which ...
Page 38
... capital into Rome . But , as we cannot suppose that there were many slaves at this time , by whose labor such large estates were afterwards worked , we must conclude that a landowner assigned lots to tenants of such portion of his ...
... capital into Rome . But , as we cannot suppose that there were many slaves at this time , by whose labor such large estates were afterwards worked , we must conclude that a landowner assigned lots to tenants of such portion of his ...
Page 39
... capital and increase the number of farmers . The object of the new aristocratic government was to destroy the middle classes , and especially the smaller independent farmers ; and thus to develop the power of the capitalists , and of ...
... capital and increase the number of farmers . The object of the new aristocratic government was to destroy the middle classes , and especially the smaller independent farmers ; and thus to develop the power of the capitalists , and of ...
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... freeholders and non - freeholders was retained , as also the invalidity of marriage between patricians and plebeians . The chief feature was the denial 451-449 B.C. of appeal to the comitia tributa in capital 44 ROME.
... freeholders and non - freeholders was retained , as also the invalidity of marriage between patricians and plebeians . The chief feature was the denial 451-449 B.C. of appeal to the comitia tributa in capital 44 ROME.
Page 45
... capital cases , and the confirma- tion of it in the case of the comitia centuriata . The political sig- nificance of this code lay not so much in the particulars of its legis- lation , as in the fact that the consuls were now bound to ...
... capital cases , and the confirma- tion of it in the case of the comitia centuriata . The political sig- nificance of this code lay not so much in the particulars of its legis- lation , as in the fact that the consuls were now bound to ...
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