senatus consultum
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senatus consulta
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A part of the territory of Liguria and Cisalpine Gaul was confiscated and a senatus consultum ordered a distribution of this land to the commons.
From Public Lands and Agrarian Laws of the Roman Republic by Andrew Stephenson
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 Edwin Emerson
One of the tribunes, without actually vetoing the senatus consultum, demanded a night for consideration.
From The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order by Evelyn S. Shuckburgh
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 John Lord
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 John Addington Symonds
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