"Tribunate" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... us from the early days of the Roman Republic; and even in Rome the tribunate was unlike all other magistracies. The holder had no outward signs of office, no satellites to execute his commands, no definite department to administer like the consul or the praetor. It was his first function to protest on behalf of the poorer citizens ...
— Victorian Worthies - Sixteen Biographies • George Henry Blore |
