Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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... senate can with probability be ascribed to that remote period when each clan in Latium was under the rule of its own elder . As the clans became amalgamated , the position . of such an elder was necessarily subordinated to that of the ...
... senate can with probability be ascribed to that remote period when each clan in Latium was under the rule of its own elder . As the clans became amalgamated , the position . of such an elder was necessarily subordinated to that of the ...
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... senate's consent had also to be obtained before war could be declared . And thus the senate's duty was to guard against any innovation or viola- tion of the constitution , whether coming from king or burgess- assembly . In consequence ...
... senate's consent had also to be obtained before war could be declared . And thus the senate's duty was to guard against any innovation or viola- tion of the constitution , whether coming from king or burgess- assembly . In consequence ...
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... senate were increased by the reform of the constitution . In addition to its old rights of appointing the interrex , and of confirming or rejecting the resolutions passed by the community , the senate could now either reject or confirm ...
... senate were increased by the reform of the constitution . In addition to its old rights of appointing the interrex , and of confirming or rejecting the resolutions passed by the community , the senate could now either reject or confirm ...
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... senators , a number of non - patricians were admitted and " added to the senate - roll " ( conscripti ) . These plebeians were not by this admission placed on a footing of equality ; they did not be- come true senators , and were not ...
... senators , a number of non - patricians were admitted and " added to the senate - roll " ( conscripti ) . These plebeians were not by this admission placed on a footing of equality ; they did not be- come true senators , and were not ...
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... senate , and they were protected by the right of appeal . The elevation of the old burgess - body , or patriciate , into an exclusive aristocracy was an- other result of the revolution . The very incorporation of the plebeians into the ...
... senate , and they were protected by the right of appeal . The elevation of the old burgess - body , or patriciate , into an exclusive aristocracy was an- other result of the revolution . The very incorporation of the plebeians into the ...
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