comitia
noun
an assembly of the people convened to pass on laws, nominate magistrates, etc.
comitial
-
a word derived from
comitia.
Example Sentences
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In this way Augustus acquired a control over comitial and senatorial legislation and openly assumed the position of protector of the interests of the city plebs.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
By means of comitial laws and tribunician dictation, he restricted the business of the Senate.
From Ancient States and Empires by John Lord
The decrees of the Senate thus acquired the validity of laws and after the time of Nerva comitial legislation completely ceased.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
Then followed the comitial days, on which a meeting of the senate was impossible.
From The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order by Evelyn S. Shuckburgh
The aged senator appeared before the crowd; he knew his disadvantage if the ordinary weapons of comitial strife were employed.
From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones) Greenidge
