A treatise on the Roman senate In two parts. The first part contains the substance of several letters, formerly written to the late Lord Hervey, concerning the manner of creating Senators, and filling up the vacancies of that body in Old Rome. The second part, which is now added, contains a distinct account I. Of the power and jurisdiction of the senate. II. Of the right and manner of convoking it. III. Of the places, in which it was usually assembled. IV. Of the legal times of holding their assemblies. V. Of the different ranks and orders of men in the Senate, and of the forms observed in their deliberations. VI. Of the nature and force of their decrees. Vii. Of the peculiar dignity, honors and ornaments of a Roman Senator. By Conyers Middleton, D. D. Principal Library keeper of the University of Cambridge

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Middleton, Conyers
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London printed for R. Manby and H. S. Cox on Ludgate-Hill 1747, MDCCXLVII. [1747]
Subjects:	Rome / Senate Rome / Constitutional History
Online Access:	http://nl.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/0145300500?orig...
Collection:	Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa