Note 1338 — Chapter VI · THE SENATE
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Liv. xxv. 4; Sall. Cat. 50; Ascon. in Milon. p. 44. The Senate in this way sometimes interprets a criminal law and extends its incidence. See Cic. de Har. Resp. 8, 15 “decrevit senatus eos qui id fecissent (i.e. who had disturbed the rebuilding of Cicero’s house) lege de vi, quae est in eos qui universam rem publicam oppugnassent (i.e. vi publica) teneri.”