tribuneship
Americannoun
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Combined with his ongoing tribuneship and direct rule over the provinces in which most of the Roman army was garrisoned at the time, Augustus’s practical control of the Roman state was unchecked.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
The great change he sought to effect was the re-election of magistrates—an unlimited tribuneship, which was truly Napoleonic.
From Ancient States and Empires by John Lord
Upon his accession to the tribuneship Clodius procured the disgrace of Cicero, and after his flight to Greece, obtained a decree of banishment against him.
From Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. Hare
They do not see that a tribuneship can never exist.
From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by H. T. Ryde
They had only been, as it were, overgrown generals, chosen by the Prætorians or some part of the army, and at the same time taking the tribuneship and other offices for life.
From Young Folks' History of Rome by Charlotte Mary Yonge
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