Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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... king , a senate , and an assembly authorized merely to accept or reject proposals submitted to it - are also found in Greek states , as in the earlier constitution of Crete , yet widely different was the development 1 Since Mommsen ...
... king , a senate , and an assembly authorized merely to accept or reject proposals submitted to it - are also found in Greek states , as in the earlier constitution of Crete , yet widely different was the development 1 Since Mommsen ...
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... king's authority was so absolute , he never came to be regarded by the Romans as other than mortal , nor , as by divine right , higher and better than his fellow - citizens . This view of the kingship was at once the moral and practical ...
... king's authority was so absolute , he never came to be regarded by the Romans as other than mortal , nor , as by divine right , higher and better than his fellow - citizens . This view of the kingship was at once the moral and practical ...
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... king . Other duties in- cumbent on the burgesses were such as the king laid upon them ; among these was the all - important task of building walls , to which the name of moenia ( " tasks " ) was given . As there was no state pay for ...
... king . Other duties in- cumbent on the burgesses were such as the king laid upon them ; among these was the all - important task of building walls , to which the name of moenia ( " tasks " ) was given . As there was no state pay for ...
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... 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 in- stitution as old as that of king and burgess - assembly , admits of little doubt . It resembled the ...
... 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 in- stitution as old as that of king and burgess - assembly , admits of little doubt . It resembled the ...
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... king or burgess- assembly . In consequence of this power of the senate , or at least in close connection with it , arose the very ancient custom of the king's convoking the senate , and submitting to it the proposals he intended to ...
... king or burgess- assembly . In consequence of this power of the senate , or at least in close connection with it , arose the very ancient custom of the king's convoking the senate , and submitting to it the proposals he intended to ...
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