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adversus Amulius animō apud āre ārī ātis atque ātum ātus sum autem āvī bellō bellum Caesar castra Cicero coepit comp conj consul Coriolanus deinde dicere disc eius enim entis erat ēre esset etiam exercitu Fabius Fabricius faciō forename freq fuit Gaius gentile name Gracchus Hannibal indecl inquit inter ipse īre itum iussit īvī king Latin Marius neque nihil nisi nōn Numidia Numitor ōnis ōris ōrum Pompeius prae prep prīmus prō pron Pyrrhus Quā quae quaestor quam quibus quidem quō quod Remus rēx Rōmam Roman Rōmānīs Rōmānōrum Rome Romulus Scipio Scipio Africanus senātus Servius Tullius sibi subst sunt suō tamen tantō Tarquinius tium trans trēs Tullius Tullus Hostilius urbem vērō virī
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Page 116 - ... tribune of the people. Tribunes were first appointed in 494 ~BC, after the first secession to the Sacred Mount. At first there were but two; afterwards the number was increased to five, and finally to ten. They were originally appointed to afford protection to the common people; and that they might be able to afford such protection, their persons were declared sacred and inviolable. They gradually acquired the right of vetoing any act which a magistrate might undertake during his term of office.
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