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... power ) , B.C. 43-36 . 7. principis . The title of princeps was conferred , under the republic , as an honourable distinction on the chief man of the senate . Q. Lutatius Catulus , who died in B. C. 60 , had been the last to hold it ...
... power ) , B.C. 43-36 . 7. principis . The title of princeps was conferred , under the republic , as an honourable distinction on the chief man of the senate . Q. Lutatius Catulus , who died in B. C. 60 , had been the last to hold it ...
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... power gave the right to assemble the senate ( §9 , N. ) . Tiberius therefore headed his sum- mons with the words " Ti . Claudius Nero , tribunicia potestate sextumdecimum . " 13. parentis . His father by adoption . 14. signum ...
... power gave the right to assemble the senate ( §9 , N. ) . Tiberius therefore headed his sum- mons with the words " Ti . Claudius Nero , tribunicia potestate sextumdecimum . " 13. parentis . His father by adoption . 14. signum ...
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... powers of a tribu- nus plebis , viz . to call together senate or people ; to propose laws ; to veto unsatisfactory ... power ( § 7 , and III . 56 ) . Augustus first received it in B.C. 23 . Ordinary tribunes held office but for one ...
... powers of a tribu- nus plebis , viz . to call together senate or people ; to propose laws ; to veto unsatisfactory ... power ( § 7 , and III . 56 ) . Augustus first received it in B.C. 23 . Ordinary tribunes held office but for one ...
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... curarum . Tribunician ( § 9 , N. ) and censorial ( XI . 13 , N. ) power . 6. non - deferrent . Poetical construc- tion , for ne . rebus quas non occuleret , seu natura sive adsuetudine , A.D. 14. ] 11 LIBER I. CAP . 9—11 .
... curarum . Tribunician ( § 9 , N. ) and censorial ( XI . 13 , N. ) power . 6. non - deferrent . Poetical construc- tion , for ne . rebus quas non occuleret , seu natura sive adsuetudine , A.D. 14. ] 11 LIBER I. CAP . 9—11 .
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... power . 17. inplacabilius . The speech of Ha- terius was an awkward piece of flattery ; that of Scaurus a covert sarcasm . 21. Palatium . See index , Palatinus . genua advolveretur , prope a militibus interfectum , quia Tiberius A.D. 14 ...
... power . 17. inplacabilius . The speech of Ha- terius was an awkward piece of flattery ; that of Scaurus a covert sarcasm . 21. Palatium . See index , Palatinus . genua advolveretur , prope a militibus interfectum , quia Tiberius A.D. 14 ...
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Page 215 - But the empire of the Romans filled the world, and when that empire fell into the hands of a single person, the world became a safe and dreary prison for his enemies.
Page 105 - Liberator baud dubie Germaniae et qui non primordia populi Romani, sicut alii reges ducesque, sed florentissimum imperium lacessierit, proeliis ambiguus, bello non victus, septem et triginta annos vitae, duodecim potentiae explevit, caniturque adhuc barbaras apud gentis, Graecorum annalibus ignotus, qui sua tantum mirantur, Romanis haud perinde Celebris, dum vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.
Page 413 - ... igitur primum correpti qui fatebantur, deinde indicio eorum multitudo ingens, haud perinde in crimine incendii quam odio humani generis convicti sunt.
Page 145 - Exsequi sententias haud institui nisi insignes per honestum aut notabili dedecore, quod praecipuum munus annalium reor, ne virtutes sileantur, utque pravis dictis factisque ex posteritate et infamia metus sit.
Page 173 - Nam cunctas nationes et urbes populus aut primores aut singuli regunt: delecta ex iis et consociata rei publicae forma laudari facilius quam evenire, vel si evenit, haud diuturna esse potest.
Page 4 - ... particeps secretorum (is ad tribunum miserat codicillos) comperit, metuens ne reus subderetur, iuxta periculoso ficta seu vera promeret, monuit Liviam ne arcana domus, ne consilia amicorum, ministeria militum vulgarentur, neve Tiberius vim principatus resolveret cuneta ad senatum vocando: eam condicionem esse imperandi, ut non aliter ratio constet, quam si uni reddatur.
Page 414 - Et pereuntibus addita ludibria, ut, ferarum tergis contecti, laniatu canum interirent, aut crucibus affixi, aut flammandi, atque, ubi defecisset dies, in usum nocturni luminis urerentur. Hortos suos ei spectaculo Nero obtulerat, et circense ludicrum edebat, habitu aurigae permixtus plebi, vel curriculo insistens. Unde, quamquam adversus sontes et novissima exempla meritos, miseratio oriebatur, tamquam non utilitate publica, sed in saevitiam unius, absumerentur.
Page 442 - Iniit et epulas, somno indulsit, ut quamquam coacta mors fortuitae similis esset. Ne codicillis quidem, quod plerique pereuntium, Neronem aut Tigellinum aut...
Page 1 - ... cum ferocissimi per acies aut proscriptione cecidissent, ceteri nobilium, quanto quis servitio promptior, opibus et honoribus extollerentur ac novis ex rebus aucti tuta et praesentia quam vetera et periculosa mallent. neque provinciae illum rerum statum abnuebant, suspecto senatus populique imperio ob certamina potentium et avaritiam magistratuum, invalido legum auxilio quae vi ambitu postremo pecunia turbabantur.
Page 176 - ... egressus dein senatu vitam abstinentia finivit. libros per aediles cremandos censuere patres : sed manserunt oecultati et editi. quo magis socordiam eorum inridere libet, qui praesenti potentia credunt extingui posse etiam sequentis aevi memoriam. nam contra punitis ingeniis gliscit auctoritas; neque aliud externi reges, aut qui eadem saevitia usi sunt, nisi dedecus sibi atque illis gloriam peperere.