Rome, the Greek World, and the East, Vol. 1 - The Roman Republic and the Augustan Revolution

 The Roman Republic

Table.PoliticalPowerinMid-RepublicanRome

 Lawfortheelectionofmilitarytribunes,ratherthan
selection.Livy,,.

 Tribunicianlaw‘‘nequispopulumposteasevocaret,’’i.e.,
forbiddingthesummoningofanassemblybeyondthefirst
milestone.Livy,,.

?/ TribunicianLexOviniaentrustingtheenrolmentof
senatorstothecensorsratherthantotheconsuls.
FestusL.

 TribunicianLexAtiliaMarciaonelection,ratherthan
selection,ofmilitarytribunes.Livy,,.

 TribunicianLexOgulniaaddingplebeianpontificesand
augurs.Livy,,–,.

 LexHortensia.

orlater TribunicianLexPlaetoriaonjurisdictionoftheurban
praetor.

?/ LexMaeniaonauctoritas patrum.

? TribunicianLexClaudia,limitingshippingactivityby
senatorsandtheirsons.Livy,,.

 Plebiscitumreleasingex-consulsfromanexistingbanon
repetitionofoffice.Livy,,.

Such a provision can be understood only in relation to a formallycon-
stitutedpublicspace,undermagisterialsupervision,forthesaleofproducts
bycitizens.Equally,aclearconceptionofplace(andtime)isessentialforus
ifwearetoenvisagewhatismeantbythetribunicianLexPlaetoria,ofnot
earlierthan(Censorinus,De die natali,,trans.J.A.Crook):

M.Plaetoriusthetribunepassedaplebiscitum,inwhichitwaswritten

‘‘Whoever is now urban praetor and whoever <shall be appointed>

hereafteristohavetwolictorswithhimandheistohavejurisdiction

betweencitizens<through>thelasthourrightdowntosunset.’’