senatus consultum
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Within three days a senatus consultum was ready recommending the desired change to another plebiscite.
From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin
The senatus consultum required for the apotheosis of an Emperor was not, so far as we know, obtained in the case of Antinous.
From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series by Symonds, John Addington
Opposition there could not fail to be, and in 161 a senatus consultum ordered all Greek philosophers and rhetoricians to leave the city.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
The election of a magistrate, or the passing of a law, though made on the ground of a senatus consultum, yet required the sanction of the curiae.
From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by Lord, John
Moreover, nothing in Roman history indicates that to the validity of a senatus consultum it was necessary to count the vacant domains of the sacred territory.
From The American Republic : constitution, tendencies and destiny by Brownson, Orestes Augustus
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