Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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... once the moral and practical limitation of its power . The king was the people's representative , and derived his power from them , and was accountable to them for its use and abuse . Moreover , the legal limitation to his power lay in ...
... once the moral and practical limitation of its power . The king was the people's representative , and derived his power from them , and was accountable to them for its use and abuse . Moreover , the legal limitation to his power lay in ...
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... once absolute and limited by the laws . Further , in the relations of the state to the individual , we find that the family was not sacrificed to the community , but that , though power of imprisonment or death was vested in the state ...
... once absolute and limited by the laws . Further , in the relations of the state to the individual , we find that the family was not sacrificed to the community , but that , though power of imprisonment or death was vested in the state ...
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... once a master or owner had renounced his ownership , he could never resume it over the freed- man or the freedman's descendants ; the liberal concessions , made by Roman law especially to foreigners , as regarded marriage and the ...
... once a master or owner had renounced his ownership , he could never resume it over the freed- man or the freedman's descendants ; the liberal concessions , made by Roman law especially to foreigners , as regarded marriage and the ...
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... once appointed , could never be deposed by the community . The consuls had not the right , which had belonged to the kings , of ap- pointing the priests ; the colleges of priests now filled up the va- cancies in their own body , and the ...
... once appointed , could never be deposed by the community . The consuls had not the right , which had belonged to the kings , of ap- pointing the priests ; the colleges of priests now filled up the va- cancies in their own body , and the ...
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... once , but on the occasion of the census , taken every fourth year , when the roll of senators was revised and completed . The number of senators remained unchanged , and , from the fact that the con- scripti were included in the number ...
... once , but on the occasion of the census , taken every fourth year , when the roll of senators was revised and completed . The number of senators remained unchanged , and , from the fact that the con- scripti were included in the number ...
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