 | Charles Kelsall - Imaginary conversations - 1818 - 272 pages
...power; their authority was limited, and elective. They had no legislative functions; neither could they make war or peace, without the concurrence of the senate and people. Had the Romans, after the expulsion of Tarqui n, set a moderately limited period to the office of their... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Rome - 1828 - 360 pages
...and cruelty. The kings were elective, and limited in their power; they could neither enact laws, or make war or peace, without the concurrence of the senate and people. Their badges were a white robe with stripes of purple and fringed with the same color, a golden cross,... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1831 - 750 pages
...history which we call ancient, includes and ends with the commencement of Roman despotism under Augustus. The kings of Rome were not absolute or hereditary,...without the concurrence of the senate and people. § They wore a golden crown, and carried an ivory sceptre. They sat in a curule chair, which was made... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - History - 1832 - 428 pages
...born in a state of servitude ; criminals also were reduced to slavery by way of punishment. 9. Kings. The kings of Rome were not absolute or hereditary,...without the concurrence of the senate and people. Their badges were a white robe, adorned with stripes of purple, or fringed with the same color, a golden... | |
 | Royal Robbins - World geography - 1833 - 676 pages
...history which we call ancient, includes and ends with the commencement of Roman despotism under Augustus. The kings of Rome were not absolute or hereditary,...without the concurrence of the senate and people. § They wore a golden crown, and carried an ivory sceptre. They sat in a curule chair, which was made... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - History - 1838 - 440 pages
...being born in a state of servitude ; criminals also were reduced to slavery by way of punishment. . laws, nor make war or peace, without the concurrence of the senate and people. Their badges were a white robe, adorned with stripes of purple, or fringed with the same color, a golden... | |
 | Classical dictionaries - 1833 - 728 pages
...the constitution of Rome, neither absolute nor hereditary, but limited and elective ; they could not make war or peace without the concurrence of the senate and people. The king had the command of the army, and also, like the Greeks, united the priestly with the regal... | |
 | Royal Robbins - History - 1837 - 732 pages
...history which we call ancient, includes and ends wilh the commencement of Roman despotism under Augustus. The kings of Rome were not absolute or hereditary,...without the concurrence of the senate and people. § They wore a golden crown, and carried an ivory sceptre. They sat in a curule chair, which was made... | |
 | Royal Robbins - History - 1839 - 754 pages
...histoiy which we call ancient, includes and ends with the commencement of Roman despotism under Augustus. The kings of Rome were not absolute or hereditary,...without the concurrence of the senate and people. § They wore a golden crown, and carried an ivory sceptre. They sat in a curule chair, which was made... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Political science - 1844 - 368 pages
...expelled on account of his tyranny and cruelty. The kings were elective, and limited in their power ; they could neither enact laws, nor make war or peace,...without the concurrence of the senate and people. Their badges were a white robe with stripes of purple, and fringed with the same color, a golden cross,... | |
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The kings of Rome were not absolute or hereditary but limited and elective. They could neither enact laws, nor make war or peace, without the concurrence of the senate and people. Their badges were... 
