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tribuneship

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[trib-yoon-ship, tri-byoon-ship] / ˈtrɪb junˌʃɪp, trɪˈbjunˌʃɪp /

noun

  1. the position or tenure of a tribune.


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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

He gave him, however, a military tribuneship, without exacting military duties, and apparently kept on good terms with him, for he employed him in B.C.

From The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order by Evelyn S. Shuckburgh

He joined Cæsar at Ravenna as soon as his tribuneship was out, and urged him to march on Rome.

From The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order by Evelyn S. Shuckburgh

Then he returned to Eliogabalus, 88 believing him to be the son of Antoninus, and entered upon his tribuneship.

From The Origin and Deeds of the Goths by Jordanes

Nay, on the contrary, several patricians had been condemned after their tribuneship, no plebeian.

From The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Titus Livius

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