Freeman

Quotes

Diego Ospinahas quoted9 months ago
Rome in the days of the Cicero brothers was a vast empire run as if it were still a small town nestled among seven hills along the Tiber River.
Diego Ospinahas quoted9 months ago
The richest citizens held a disproportionate degree of power over the much more numerous lower classes. Often a sufficient number of ballots would be cast to elect a candidate even before the poorer citizens could come to the polls
Diego Ospinahas quoted9 months ago
The senior consul could then take up the fasces—a bundle of rods with an axe fixed in the top symbolizing his authority—on his inauguration day on January 1 and for one year enjoy the unmatched power and prestige of governing the Roman Republic, whose might extended over much of the known world.
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