Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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... 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 wrote this the whole subject of the relationship of primi- tive peoples has ...
... 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 wrote this the whole subject of the relationship of primi- tive peoples has ...
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... returned answer ; and the lex , or law , which was the outcome of this process , was not in its origin a command of a king , but a contract proposed by the king and 1 accepted or refused by his hearers . The citizens alone 14 ROME.
... returned answer ; and the lex , or law , which was the outcome of this process , was not in its origin a command of a king , but a contract proposed by the king and 1 accepted or refused by his hearers . The citizens alone 14 ROME.
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... proposals he intended to bring before the citizens . By thus ascertaining the opin- ions of the individual members , the king avoided the possibility of any subsequent opposition from that body . On most questions , involving no breach ...
... proposals he intended to bring before the citizens . By thus ascertaining the opin- ions of the individual members , the king avoided the possibility of any subsequent opposition from that body . On most questions , involving no breach ...
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... proposed by himself ; and , what was more important , the candidate , 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 ...
... proposed by himself ; and , what was more important , the candidate , 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 ...
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... proposals of the comitia centuriata , its position as adviser of the chief magistrate , its tenure of office for life , as con- trasted with the annual duration of magistracies , -all tended to place the government in its hands . But ...
... proposals of the comitia centuriata , its position as adviser of the chief magistrate , its tenure of office for life , as con- trasted with the annual duration of magistracies , -all tended to place the government in its hands . But ...
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