The History of Rome, Book II - From the Abolition of the Monarchy in Rome to the Union of Italy by Theodor Mommsen
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magistracies seems to have lain in their tendencies only, not in their
powers) and as regards their charge of the archives. The temple of Ceres was to the aediles what the temple of Saturn was to the quaestors, and from the former they derived their name. Significant in this respect is the enactment of the law of 305 (Liv. iii. 55), that the decrees of the senate should be delivered over to the aediles there (p. 369), whereas, as is well known, according to the ancient --and subsequently after the settlement of the struggles between the orders, again preponderant--practice those decrees were committed to the quaestors for preservation in the temple of Saturn. 8. I. VI. Levy Districts 9. I. III. Clan-Villages 10. II. II. Secession to the Sacred mount 11. II. II. Intercession 12. II. II. Legislation CHAPTER III The Equalization of the Orders, and the New Aristocracy Union of the Plebians |
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