Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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Page 35
... plebeians— who , for the time being , sank their party quarrels , and united under the pressure of the common danger of a despotism . The necessity of their coöperation caused those mutual concessions we have described above , and the ...
... plebeians— who , for the time being , sank their party quarrels , and united under the pressure of the common danger of a despotism . The necessity of their coöperation caused those mutual concessions we have described above , and the ...
Page 36
... plebeians among the burgesses , the admission of certain of them to the senate , were victories of happy augury for the future . Those plebeian families admitted on account of their wealth or position into the senate naturally held ...
... plebeians among the burgesses , the admission of certain of them to the senate , were victories of happy augury for the future . Those plebeian families admitted on account of their wealth or position into the senate naturally held ...
Page 38
... by individuals who paid a certain tax ( scriptura ) for the right to graze their cattle on the common pas- ture . This right was a special privilege of the burgess , and was 495-449 B.C. never granted to a plebeian , except under 38 ROME.
... by individuals who paid a certain tax ( scriptura ) for the right to graze their cattle on the common pas- ture . This right was a special privilege of the burgess , and was 495-449 B.C. never granted to a plebeian , except under 38 ROME.
Page 39
... plebeian , except under extraordinary circum- stances . In the regal period such common pasture land was prob- ably not extensive , and , as a rule , any conquered territory was parceled out as arable land , originally among the clans ...
... plebeian , except under extraordinary circum- stances . In the regal period such common pasture land was prob- ably not extensive , and , as a rule , any conquered territory was parceled out as arable land , originally among the clans ...
Page 41
... plebeian rank , and elected by the plebeians assembled in curies . Their power was confined to the city's limits , and thus could not oppose the military imperium of the consul , which was all - powerful outside those limits , nor the ...
... plebeian rank , and elected by the plebeians assembled in curies . Their power was confined to the city's limits , and thus could not oppose the military imperium of the consul , which was all - powerful outside those limits , nor the ...
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