senatus consultum
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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 Shuckburgh, Evelyn S.
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
In the third century before our era, a Roman could say audibo or audiam, contemplor or contemplo, senatus consultum or senati consultum.
From The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature by Abbott, Frank Frost
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 Stephenson, Andrew
The practice seems to have been, in case of tribunician veto, to take the vote, which remained as an auctoritas senatus, but was not a senatus consultum unless the tribune was induced to withdraw.
From The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order by Shuckburgh, Evelyn S.
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