Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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Page 34
... decrees . The senate also drew into its own hands the management of the state finances , by causing the consul to commit the administration of the public chest to two quaestors , who naturally became dependent on the senate . 509-508 ...
... decrees . The senate also drew into its own hands the management of the state finances , by causing the consul to commit the administration of the public chest to two quaestors , who naturally became dependent on the senate . 509-508 ...
Page 41
... decree of the senate was being investigated . Their judi- cial powers , owing to the vague and ill - defined laws touching offenses against order , and crime against the community , were alike extensive and arbitrary . They could by ...
... decree of the senate was being investigated . Their judi- cial powers , owing to the vague and ill - defined laws touching offenses against order , and crime against the community , were alike extensive and arbitrary . They could by ...
Page 43
... decrees of the comitia centuriata . Probably , also , the increase of the number of tribunes from two to five was due to this law , and their election was now transferred to the comitia tributa . Previous to this outcome of party ...
... decrees of the comitia centuriata . Probably , also , the increase of the number of tribunes from two to five was due to this law , and their election was now transferred to the comitia tributa . Previous to this outcome of party ...
Page 49
... at least one of the censors must be a plebeian ; and that which ren- dered it impossible for the senate to reject a decree of the 300-287 B.C. community by compelling that body to give their PATRICIANS AND PLEBEIANS 49.
... at least one of the censors must be a plebeian ; and that which ren- dered it impossible for the senate to reject a decree of the 300-287 B.C. community by compelling that body to give their PATRICIANS AND PLEBEIANS 49.
Page 50
... decrees of the plebs , passed in their tribal assembly , should have equal force with the decrees of the whole populus , or community . Thus it was brought about that those very burgesses who had once exclusively possessed the right of ...
... decrees of the plebs , passed in their tribal assembly , should have equal force with the decrees of the whole populus , or community . Thus it was brought about that those very burgesses who had once exclusively possessed the right of ...
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