Note 602 — Chapter III · THE CLASSES OF THE POPULATION AND THE THEORY OF THE CONSTITUTION IN THE DEVELOPED REPUBLIC
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In 43 B.C., on the deaths of Hirtius and Pansa, this communication could not be made in time. Hence the extraordinary measure of appointing two privati with consularis potestas to hold the election for the consulship (Dio Cass, xlvi. 45).