Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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... magistrates , any religious colleges , any military officers , that he might appoint , derived all their power from him , and only existed during his pleasure . His power only ended with death , and he appointed his successor , thus ...
... magistrates , any religious colleges , any military officers , that he might appoint , derived all their power from him , and only existed during his pleasure . His power only ended with death , and he appointed his successor , thus ...
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... magistrate had absolute com- mand , that the council of elders was the highest authority in the state , and that every exceptional resolution required the sanction of the sovereign , or , in other words , of the community of the people ...
... magistrate had absolute com- mand , that the council of elders was the highest authority in the state , and that every exceptional resolution required the sanction of the sovereign , or , in other words , of the community of the people ...
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... magistrates or king's deputies remained the same . This amalgamation increased the bulk , but did not change the character of the Roman state . But another process of incorporation , the first steps of which may be traced to this period ...
... magistrates or king's deputies remained the same . This amalgamation increased the bulk , but did not change the character of the Roman state . But another process of incorporation , the first steps of which may be traced to this period ...
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... magistrates . The second was the demand for equality of political privileges , and was the cause of bitter struggles between the full burgesses and those , whether plebeians , freedmen , Latins , or Italians , who keenly re- sented ...
... magistrates . The second was the demand for equality of political privileges , and was the cause of bitter struggles between the full burgesses and those , whether plebeians , freedmen , Latins , or Italians , who keenly re- sented ...
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... magistrate in the city had to act in person , or not at all , in those cases in which a delegation of his authority was not expressly incumbent on him . Thus in the home government no deputy acting for a city magistrate ( pro magistratu ) ...
... magistrate in the city had to act in person , or not at all , in those cases in which a delegation of his authority was not expressly incumbent on him . Thus in the home government no deputy acting for a city magistrate ( pro magistratu ) ...
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