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... Senate , which consists of the " Patres , " the Chiefs of the clans ( gentes ) . And there is a Citizen Body , the Cives or Quirites . These are variously divided , now into Tribes , now into local " Curiæ . " They meet together for ...
... Senate , which consists of the " Patres , " the Chiefs of the clans ( gentes ) . And there is a Citizen Body , the Cives or Quirites . These are variously divided , now into Tribes , now into local " Curiæ . " They meet together for ...
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... Senate . By the beginning of the third century B.C. Rome had become in theory a pure democracy . Supreme power seemed vested in the popular Assembly alone . But the next century and a half revealed a constitution which in its practical ...
... Senate . By the beginning of the third century B.C. Rome had become in theory a pure democracy . Supreme power seemed vested in the popular Assembly alone . But the next century and a half revealed a constitution which in its practical ...
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... Senators . This sanction was termed the Patrum Auctoritas . And the executive magistrates , viz . the two annual Consuls , their assistants the Quæstors , the occasional Dictator and his Chief - of - Staff , the Magister Equitum ...
... Senators . This sanction was termed the Patrum Auctoritas . And the executive magistrates , viz . the two annual Consuls , their assistants the Quæstors , the occasional Dictator and his Chief - of - Staff , the Magister Equitum ...
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... Senate , now composed almost exclusively of ex - officials . Its permanence , its experience , and its freedom of ... Senate on his election to office and retained his seat in that Body for life . ( 5 ) The comparative weakness of the ...
... Senate , now composed almost exclusively of ex - officials . Its permanence , its experience , and its freedom of ... Senate on his election to office and retained his seat in that Body for life . ( 5 ) The comparative weakness of the ...
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Bernard William Henderson. ( 5 ) The comparative weakness of the Senate's possible rivals in the Constitution . Thus the executive was hampered by its many subdivisions and by the principle of Collegiality ; and the populace by its ...
Bernard William Henderson. ( 5 ) The comparative weakness of the Senate's possible rivals in the Constitution . Thus the executive was hampered by its many subdivisions and by the principle of Collegiality ; and the populace by its ...
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