senatus consultum
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senatus consulta
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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 Evelyn S. Shuckburgh
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 Orestes Augustus Brownson
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
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 Frank Frost Abbott
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
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