comitia
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Origin of comitia
1615–25; < Latin, plural of comitium assembly, equivalent to com- com- + -it-, noun derivative of īre to go ( cf. comes) + -ium -ium
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Beyond question, however, they were included in the curiae and had the right to vote in the comitia curiata.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
He was now liable to military service and qualified to attend the comitia.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
The distribution of these functions amongst the various comitia, and the differences in their organization, were as follows:— The comitia curiata had in the later Republic become a merely formal assembly.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various
The distant citizens could not come to the voting booths; the device of representation was not discovered; and the comitia fell into the power of the town voters.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
The Plebeians first gained their tribunes, who could protect their interests against the one-sided legislation of the dominant class; then, the right of discussing and deciding certain public questions in the comitia, or public assembly.
From The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
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