Note 348 — Chapter XII · - THE ROMAN CURIA, TRIBE AND POPULUS.
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Centum creat senatores: sive quia is numerus satis erat; sive quia soli centum erant, qui creari Patres possent, Patres certe ab honore, patriciique progenies eorum appellati.—Liv., i, 8. And Cicero: Principes, qui appellati sunt propter caritatem, patres.—De Rep., ii, 8.