Note 815 — Chapter IV · THE MAGISTRACY
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Liv. iii. 35 “Ars haec erat, ne semet ipse creare posset; quod praeter tribunos plebi (et id ipsum pessimo exemplo) nemo unquam fecisset.” The revolutionary period shows Cinna and Carbo nominating themselves consuls for two successive years (Liv. Ep. 83) and Caesar as dictator presiding over his own election to the consulship (Caes. B.C. iii. 1, 1).