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... were not Religious a priestly caste , but were citizens , in all other respects like their fellows , except that they were invested with peculiar sacred offices . The king was at the head of the religious body ; and beneath him were ...
... were not Religious a priestly caste , but were citizens , in all other respects like their fellows , except that they were invested with peculiar sacred offices . The king was at the head of the religious body ; and beneath him were ...
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... were as much excluded from the pale of the peculiar divine law as from that of the peculiar public law of the ruling body . Even the Servian constitution , and the formation of the thirty tribes , laid the foundation of future change ...
... were as much excluded from the pale of the peculiar divine law as from that of the peculiar public law of the ruling body . Even the Servian constitution , and the formation of the thirty tribes , laid the foundation of future change ...
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... were a member of the populus , he could appeal from the king to the comitia curiata . If the accused were a plebeian , he had no tribunal to which he could appeal , until , shortly after the expulsion of the kings , the Valerian laws ...
... were a member of the populus , he could appeal from the king to the comitia curiata . If the accused were a plebeian , he had no tribunal to which he could appeal , until , shortly after the expulsion of the kings , the Valerian laws ...
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... were to stand with reference to Rome itself . As a general rule , and as com- pared with other nations of antiquity , Rome governed those whom she had vanquished with wisdom and moderation . Par- ticular governors , indeed , abused ...
... were to stand with reference to Rome itself . As a general rule , and as com- pared with other nations of antiquity , Rome governed those whom she had vanquished with wisdom and moderation . Par- ticular governors , indeed , abused ...
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... were not citizens were parties , could not bind strangers within the narrow and technical limits in which Romans were accustomed to move . Many of the most important parts of Roman law were such that their provisions could not be ...
... were not citizens were parties , could not bind strangers within the narrow and technical limits in which Romans were accustomed to move . Many of the most important parts of Roman law were such that their provisions could not be ...
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