Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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Page 49
... pretor . However , this office among others was thrown open to the plebeians in 337 B.C. , having re- mained in the hands of the aristocracy only twenty - nine years . The last blows which destroyed aristocratic exclusiveness were that ...
... pretor . However , this office among others was thrown open to the plebeians in 337 B.C. , having re- mained in the hands of the aristocracy only twenty - nine years . The last blows which destroyed aristocratic exclusiveness were that ...
Page 54
... pretor , acting outside the city's limits ; and the consul or pretor , whose term was thus prolonged , was said to be acting " in a consul's or pretor's stead " ( pro consule , pro praetore ) . From the year 307 B.C. the term of the ...
... pretor , acting outside the city's limits ; and the consul or pretor , whose term was thus prolonged , was said to be acting " in a consul's or pretor's stead " ( pro consule , pro praetore ) . From the year 307 B.C. the term of the ...
Page 83
... pretor administered justice according to laws which were subjected to Roman revision . In other respects they retained their old form of government and appointed their own magistrates . Caere was the first town to be placed on this ...
... pretor administered justice according to laws which were subjected to Roman revision . In other respects they retained their old form of government and appointed their own magistrates . Caere was the first town to be placed on this ...
Page 107
... pretor was commander - in - chief , chief magistrate , and supreme judge . One or more questors were as- signed to each pretor , to look after the finance - administration . With the exception of this difference in the chief power , the ...
... pretor was commander - in - chief , chief magistrate , and supreme judge . One or more questors were as- signed to each pretor , to look after the finance - administration . With the exception of this difference in the chief power , the ...
Page 108
... pretor . In lieu of a contingent they paid a tithe of their produce and a tax of five per cent . on all articles of com- merce exported or imported ; these taxes were not new to the Sicilian Greeks , who had paid them to the ruling ...
... pretor . In lieu of a contingent they paid a tithe of their produce and a tax of five per cent . on all articles of com- merce exported or imported ; these taxes were not new to the Sicilian Greeks , who had paid them to the ruling ...
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