Researches Into the History of the Roman Constitution: With an Appendix Upon the Roman Knights

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W. Pickering, 1853 - 185 pages
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Page 90 - Proinde omnes collegarum quoque lictores convoca; expediri virgas et secures iube; non manebit extra domum patris sponsa Icili. Non, si tribunicium auxilium et provocationem plebi Romanae, duas arces libertatis tuendae, ademistis, ideo in liberos quoque nostros coniugesque regnum vestrae libidini datum est.
Page 152 - ... side the chief gain fell naturally to those who had to distribute it, that is, to those who stood at the helm of the Roman state. And now we have an opportunity of discovering a particular trick of the Roman aristocracy, always so rich in subtlety and deceit, whereby, after all, the mass of the plebs was cheated of the fruit of long exertions. Roman citizens, according to the Lex Genucia, were no longer to be sent to the colonies as dependants. What happened therefore ? Instead of Roman citizens,...
Page 91 - ... strength, and being aided by his partisans, having repulsed the lictor, when the shouts of those indignant in his behalf became very intense, betook himself into the thickest part of the crowd, crying out, " I appeal, and implore the protection of the commons ; assist me, fellow citizens ; assist me, fellow soldiers ; there is no use in waiting for the tribunes, who themselves stand in need of your aid.
Page 90 - Liv. 3, 45 huic si vis affer e tur, ego praesentium Quiritium pro sponsa, Virginius militum pro unica filia, omnes deorum hominumque implorabimus fidem. Tac. ann. 14, 64 quaeque rerum secundarum olim (se.

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