Centuriata

Without entering further into long details, it must appear from the account already given that the Comitia Tributa were the most favourable to popular government, and the Comitia Centuriata to aristocracy.

The Social Contract Jean Jacques Rousseau 1947

Whenever all these centuries voted unanimously on any question, the votes of the centuries of the other classes were not even collected; what the smallest number had decided passed for a decision of the multitude; and it might be said that, in the Comitia Centuriata, affairs were regulated by a plurality in money rather than in votes.

The Social Contract Jean Jacques Rousseau 1947

The Comitia Curiata were instituted by Romulus; the Comitia Centuriata by Servius, and the Comitia Tributa by the tribunes of the people.

The Social Contract Jean Jacques Rousseau 1947

These assemblies when legally convoked were called comitia: they were usually held in the public square in Rome or at the Campus Martius, and were distinguished by the names of Comitia Curiata, Comitia Centuriata, and Comitia Tributa, according to the form under which they were convoked.

The Social Contract Jean Jacques Rousseau 1947

It is certain that it was in the Comitia Centuriata alone that all the majesty of the Roman people was displayed.

The Social Contract Jean Jacques Rousseau 1947

The greater part of the year had now elapsed; two tables had been added to the ten of the previous year; if these additional laws were passed by the "Comitia Centuriata" there was no reason why the decemvirate should be any longer considered necessary.

The History of Rome, Vol. I 1905

Centuriata, which belonged to both orders, so the college of pontiffs lost significance while the keepers of the oracles gained steadily in power and influence.

The Religion of Numa And Other Essays on the Religion of Ancient Rome Jesse Benedict Carter 1894

Centuriata was probably due to the fact that it controlled the consular elections, and a democratic consulship, which he had vainly tried to secure by his support of Fannius, might be rendered more attainable by the adoption of the change which he advocated.

A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate 1885

Centuriata_ did not suffice to produce contentment.

Outline of Universal History George Park Fisher 1868

Centuriata -- was exclusively taken to represent the State as embodied for military operations.

Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society Henry Sumner Maine 1855