Note 847 — Chapter II · (684-691.)
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Catulus, when asked his opinion on the re-establishment of the tribunary power, began in these authoritative words:—“The conscript fathers administer justice evilly and scandalously; and if, in the tribunals, they had but answered the expectations of the Roman people, the power of the tribunes would not have been so warmly regretted.” (Cicero, First Prosecution of Verres, 15.)