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Page x
... gave admittance to a sacred circle which was closed to all besides . Those in this circle were surrounded by religious ceremonies from their cradle to their grave . Every im- portant act of their life was sanctioned by solemn rites ...
... gave admittance to a sacred circle which was closed to all besides . Those in this circle were surrounded by religious ceremonies from their cradle to their grave . Every im- portant act of their life was sanctioned by solemn rites ...
Page xiii
... gave great addi- tional importance and a new character , or perhaps a beginning , to the comitia tributa , which now had to elect magistrates , who were protected themselves by a sacred character , and were specially commissioned to ...
... gave great addi- tional importance and a new character , or perhaps a beginning , to the comitia tributa , which now had to elect magistrates , who were protected themselves by a sacred character , and were specially commissioned to ...
Page xiv
... gave them new means of averting their fate . They were to have thirty days before any steps could be taken against them on a debt confessed or decided to be due . They might then be brought before a magistrate , and unless pay- This ...
... gave them new means of averting their fate . They were to have thirty days before any steps could be taken against them on a debt confessed or decided to be due . They might then be brought before a magistrate , and unless pay- This ...
Page xix
... gave the full rights of citizenship to Italy below the Po , and the Italians were distributed among the thirty- five tribes . The jus Italicum expressed a certain amount of municipal independence and exemption from taxation , attached ...
... gave the full rights of citizenship to Italy below the Po , and the Italians were distributed among the thirty- five tribes . The jus Italicum expressed a certain amount of municipal independence and exemption from taxation , attached ...
Page xx
... gave effect to principles different from those of the municipal law of Rome . This municipal law remained in force wherever its pro- visions could give all that was required to do substantial justice ; but when they could not , the ...
... gave effect to principles different from those of the municipal law of Rome . This municipal law remained in force wherever its pro- visions could give all that was required to do substantial justice ; but when they could not , the ...
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