Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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Page 34
... senatorial in- signia ; they had no share in the magisterial prerogatives of the senate , nor were they allowed to express their opinion on those oc- casions when the senate met in the character of a state - council , and discussed what ...
... senatorial in- signia ; they had no share in the magisterial prerogatives of the senate , nor were they allowed to express their opinion on those oc- casions when the senate met in the character of a state - council , and discussed what ...
Page 53
... senatorial roll . Even in making this selection the censors were bound by oath to choose all the best citizens . Moreover , usage , if not law , seemed to have ordained that burgesses , who had filled a non - curule office , or who were ...
... senatorial roll . Even in making this selection the censors were bound by oath to choose all the best citizens . Moreover , usage , if not law , seemed to have ordained that burgesses , who had filled a non - curule office , or who were ...
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... senatorial government , be- tween individual talent and national vigor , was first fought out in the battles between Pyrrhus and the Roman generals . The victory on this occasion , as on all others , rested with Roman arms , but the ...
... senatorial government , be- tween individual talent and national vigor , was first fought out in the battles between Pyrrhus and the Roman generals . The victory on this occasion , as on all others , rested with Roman arms , but the ...
Page 120
... senatorial party . Hannibal had already resumed the offensive in Apulia , and , marching south from Gerunium , took the citadel of Cannae , which commanded the plain of Canusium . Hither came the two new con- suls with a united army of ...
... senatorial party . Hannibal had already resumed the offensive in Apulia , and , marching south from Gerunium , took the citadel of Cannae , which commanded the plain of Canusium . Hither came the two new con- suls with a united army of ...
Page 121
... senatorial rank . Varro was not ashamed to survive the disaster , and , saved by his swift steed , reached Venusia ; and the senators , with a noble , if to us ironical , generosity , met him at the gates of Rome , and thanked him for ...
... senatorial rank . Varro was not ashamed to survive the disaster , and , saved by his swift steed , reached Venusia ; and the senators , with a noble , if to us ironical , generosity , met him at the gates of Rome , and thanked him for ...
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