Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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... ( comitia curiata ) twice a year , or in such other meetings as the king thought fit to hold . They had no right of speech on such occasions , unless the king saw fit to grant it ; their duty was merely to listen and return simple answers ...
... ( comitia curiata ) twice a year , or in such other meetings as the king thought fit to hold . They had no right of speech on such occasions , unless the king saw fit to grant it ; their duty was merely to listen and return simple answers ...
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... comitia curiata , and was transferred to the assembly of the cen- turies ( comitia centuriata ) ; that is , to the assembled levy of those bound to military service , who now received the rights , as they had previously borne the ...
... comitia curiata , and was transferred to the assembly of the cen- turies ( comitia centuriata ) ; that is , to the assembled levy of those bound to military service , who now received the rights , as they had previously borne the ...
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... comitia centuriata , its position as adviser of the chief magistrate , its tenure of office for life , as con- trasted with the annual duration of magistracies , -all tended to place the government in its hands . But what chiefly did so ...
... comitia centuriata , its position as adviser of the chief magistrate , its tenure of office for life , as con- trasted with the annual duration of magistracies , -all tended to place the government in its hands . But what chiefly did so ...
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... comitia centuriata , which placed the chief power in that class of farmers whose property was in excess of that of the small freehold- ers , but inferior to that of the great proprietors ; and this arrange- ment further enabled the ...
... comitia centuriata , which placed the chief power in that class of farmers whose property was in excess of that of the small freehold- ers , but inferior to that of the great proprietors ; and this arrange- ment further enabled the ...
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... comitia tributa , 1 or plebeian assembly of tribes . Hitherto the plebeians had voted by curies , and numbers alone had determined their de- cision . The clients of patrician families voted in these assemblies , and thus enabled the ...
... comitia tributa , 1 or plebeian assembly of tribes . Hitherto the plebeians had voted by curies , and numbers alone had determined their de- cision . The clients of patrician families voted in these assemblies , and thus enabled the ...
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