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... tribunes and ædiles 14 to be sacred , that whoever in- sulted them should be guilty of high treason and held accursed 15 , and that those magistrates should be taken exclusively from the plebs . Under the same title was included the law ...
... tribunes and ædiles 14 to be sacred , that whoever in- sulted them should be guilty of high treason and held accursed 15 , and that those magistrates should be taken exclusively from the plebs . Under the same title was included the law ...
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... tribunes at Rome ) , quinquennales ( corresponding to the censors ) , and others equivalent , either in effect or merely in name 5 , ( as the dictators for instance , ) to the offices common at Rome . There are many reasons for ...
... tribunes at Rome ) , quinquennales ( corresponding to the censors ) , and others equivalent , either in effect or merely in name 5 , ( as the dictators for instance , ) to the offices common at Rome . There are many reasons for ...
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... tribunes following soon afterwards , added power to freedom . Hence arose incessant con- tests with the patrician order until almost an equality of rights was established . Nevertheless the condition of the plebeians , even during the ...
... tribunes following soon afterwards , added power to freedom . Hence arose incessant con- tests with the patrician order until almost an equality of rights was established . Nevertheless the condition of the plebeians , even during the ...
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... tribunes , C. Li- cinius and L. Sextius ( A. U. C. 377 ) . Livy tells us ( VI . 35 ) it limited the possession of land to five hundred acres at the most . This law was first violated by Li- cinius himself , and soon wholly eluded ...
... tribunes , C. Li- cinius and L. Sextius ( A. U. C. 377 ) . Livy tells us ( VI . 35 ) it limited the possession of land to five hundred acres at the most . This law was first violated by Li- cinius himself , and soon wholly eluded ...
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... tribunes of the people especially , to obtain of the people certain advantages and honours for the eques- trian order , that the latter , being closely knit together in defence thereof , might prove the sturdier opponents of the senate ...
... tribunes of the people especially , to obtain of the people certain advantages and honours for the eques- trian order , that the latter , being closely knit together in defence thereof , might prove the sturdier opponents of the senate ...
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ædiles afterwards ancient antiquities appointed Augustus authority Beauf Cæs Cæsars Caius called Campus Martius centumviri centuriata centuries Cicero citizenship comitia concerning consuls Creuz custom decemviri Dio Cass Dionys distinction edict emperors fasti Fest Festus formulæ Gell Gellius Græv Greeks Hein hence Hist honour Hugo Julius Cæsar jure Juven Latin lege Legg legis actiones lictors Livy Lydus Macrob magistrates mancipatio Mart mentioned opinion origin Ovid Pandd passage patricians persons plebeians plebs Plin Polyb præfectus prætor provinces quæ quæstors quam Quiritium quod rank Republic Rome Romulus says Schulze senate Servius Servius Tullius slaves Suet sunt temple termed tion tribes tribunes Varro Varro de L. L. Verr Virg votes whence word writers XII Tables XII Tabularum
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Page 279 - Siculi hoc jure sunt, ut quod civis cum cive agat, domi certet suis legibus ; quod siculus cum siculo non ejusdem civitatis, ut de eo praetor judices, ex P. Rupilii decreto, sortiatur.
Page 101 - Quo jure etiam populus romanus olim utebatur. Aut enim ex jure Quiritium unusquisque dominus erat , aut non intelligebatur dominus. Sed postea divisionem accepit dominium, ut alius possit esse ex jure Quiritium dominus, alius in bonis habere. Nam si tibi rem mancipi neque mancipavero , neque in jure cessero...
Page 298 - Nostrae, inquit, con- 15 tra duodecim tabulae cum perpaucas res capite sanxissent, in his hanc quoque sanciendam putaverunt, si quis occentavisset sive carmen condidisset, quod infamiam faceret flagitiumve alteri.
Page 398 - Sole tamen vinoque calent, annosque precantur, quot sumant cyathos, ad numerumque bibunt. Invenies illic, qui Nestoris ebibat annos, quae sit per calices facta Sibylla suos. Illic et cantant quidquid didicere theatris, 535 et iactant faciles ad sua verba manus; et ducunt posito duras cratere choreas, cultaque diffusis saltat amica comis.
Page 295 - ... primum ortum si recordari volumus, inter arma civium et occupatis et obsessis urbis locis procreatum videmus.
Page 295 - Erat autem ius interea paciscendi ac, nisi pacti forent, habebantur in vinculis dies sexaginta. Inter eos dies trinis nundinis continuis ad praetorem in comitium producebantur, quantaeque pecuniae iudicati essent, praedicabatur.
Page 300 - Graeci iraipe1av vocant. His autem potestatem facit lex pactionem quam velint sibi ferre, dum ne quid ex publica lege corrumpant.
Page 302 - XII tabularum adversus eum qui hostiam emisset nec pretium redderet: item adversus eum qui mercedem non redderet pro eo iumento, quod quis ideo locasset ut inde pecuniam acceptam in dapem id est in sacrificium inpenderet...
Page 557 - ... praefatae ante meos manes animamque precatae perfusaeque pias ante liquore manus, pars quae sola mei superabit corporis, ossa incinctae nigra candida veste legent, et primum annoso spargent...
Page 557 - ... cum tenuem fuero mutatu-s in umbram candidaque ossa super nigra favilla teget, ante meum veniat longos incompta capillos , et fleat ante meum maesta Neaera rogum.