Rome: From Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P.F. Collier & Son Company, 1928 - 402 pages |
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Page 30
... consul could forbid what the other enjoined , and thus the consular commands , being both absolute , would , if they clashed , neutralize one another . It is hard to parallel this system of co- ordinate supreme authorities , which , if ...
... consul could forbid what the other enjoined , and thus the consular commands , being both absolute , would , if they clashed , neutralize one another . It is hard to parallel this system of co- ordinate supreme authorities , which , if ...
Page 31
... consul in time of war did intrust the supreme command to a deputy , such a deputy was only adjutant or lieutenant of the consul . It is true that , in times of special emergency , the consuls could nominate a third colleague , who ...
... consul in time of war did intrust the supreme command to a deputy , such a deputy was only adjutant or lieutenant of the consul . It is true that , in times of special emergency , the consuls could nominate a third colleague , who ...
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... consul were markedly inferior to those which had distinguished the king . The lictor's ax was taken away , the purple robe of the king was replaced by the purple border of the consul's toga , the royal chariot was abolished , and the consul ...
... consul were markedly inferior to those which had distinguished the king . The lictor's ax was taken away , the purple robe of the king was replaced by the purple border of the consul's toga , the royal chariot was abolished , and the consul ...
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... consul ruled for but a brief space , and was , on the expiration of his term of office , merely one of the nobility ; and thus , even if a consul were inclined to question the senate's influ- ence , he lacked the first element of ...
... consul ruled for but a brief space , and was , on the expiration of his term of office , merely one of the nobility ; and thus , even if a consul were inclined to question the senate's influ- ence , he lacked the first element of ...
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... consul within the city limits was restricted by law , as shown above ; his power as general was abso- lute . Therefore the general and the army could not in their military capacity enter the city proper , unless allowed to do so . Thus ...
... consul within the city limits was restricted by law , as shown above ; his power as general was abso- lute . Therefore the general and the army could not in their military capacity enter the city proper , unless allowed to do so . Thus ...
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