Livy: The Hannibalian War...Macmillan & Company, 1886 - 177 pages |
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Page xiii
... elected - the censors , consuls , and prætors ; and by the same people voting in tribes special officers were elected to protect the rights of the commons , who had the power of absolutely forbidding any action of any magistrate : these ...
... elected - the censors , consuls , and prætors ; and by the same people voting in tribes special officers were elected to protect the rights of the commons , who had the power of absolutely forbidding any action of any magistrate : these ...
Page xiv
... elected by the people , but we shall find that this is not altogether the case . At first no doubt the two consuls had supreme power and were bound only to consult the Senate ; but for several reasons the power of the consuls was less ...
... elected by the people , but we shall find that this is not altogether the case . At first no doubt the two consuls had supreme power and were bound only to consult the Senate ; but for several reasons the power of the consuls was less ...
Page xv
... elected . The Consul after this had little to do except to preside over the Senate and the elections , and to command the armies of the Republic . It was only in great emergencies that the full power of the consulship ( or rather of the ...
... elected . The Consul after this had little to do except to preside over the Senate and the elections , and to command the armies of the Republic . It was only in great emergencies that the full power of the consulship ( or rather of the ...
Page xvi
... elected indirectly by the people ; for though the nomination of members was in the hands of the censors , they were bound by custom to nominate all who had been elected to a high magistracy , and those who were once nominated were ...
... elected indirectly by the people ; for though the nomination of members was in the hands of the censors , they were bound by custom to nominate all who had been elected to a high magistracy , and those who were once nominated were ...
Page 138
... elect , applied to magistrates between their elec- tion and the beginning of their term of office . de - sisto , stiti ... elected at Rome only in emergencies ; his power was absolute , but lasted only six months . [ dicto . ] dies , ei ...
... elect , applied to magistrates between their elec- tion and the beginning of their term of office . de - sisto , stiti ... elected at Rome only in emergencies ; his power was absolute , but lasted only six months . [ dicto . ] dies , ei ...
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Page xv - ... intercession which was at the service of the senate after the termination of the quarrels between the orders — the Roman senate was the noblest embodiment of the nation, and in consistency and political sagacity, in unanimity and patriotism, in grasp of power and unwavering courage, the foremost political corporation of all times — an "assembly of kings," which well knew how to combine despotic energy with republican self-devotedness.
Page 110 - Early the next morning he set forward again ; the morning mist hung thickly over the lake and the low grounds, leaving the heights, as is often the case, quite clear. Flaminius, anxious to overtake his enemy, rejoiced in the friendly veil which thus concealed his advance, and hoped to fall upon...
Page 68 - Senatum praetores per dies aliquot ab orto usque ad occidentem solem in curia retinent, consultantes quonam duce aut...
Page 65 - ... et animus suus cuique ante aut post pugnandi ordinem dabat ; tantusque fuit ardor animorum, adeo intentus pugnae animus ut eum motum terrae, qui multarum urbium Italiae magnas partes prostravit avertitque cursu rapidos amnis, mare fluminibus invexit, montes lapsu ingenti proruit, nemo pugnantium senserit.
Page 18 - Plurimum audaciae ad pericula capessenda, plurimum consilii inter ipsa pericula erat. Nullo labore aut corpus fatigari aut animus vinci poterat. Caloris ac frigoris patientia par ; cibi potionisque desiderio 10 natural!, non voluptate modus finitus ; vigiliarum somnique nee die nee nocte discriminata tempora; id quod gerendis rebus superesset quieti datum...
Page 67 - magna victi sumus." Et quamquam nihil certius ex eo auditum est, tamen alius ab alio impleti rumoribus domos referunt consulem cum magna parte copiarum caesum, superesse paucos aut fuga passim per Etruriam sparsos aut captos ab hoste. Quot casus exercitus victi fuerant, tot in curas...