Note 128 — Chapter II · THE SOCIAL COMPOSITION OF THE PRIMITIVE POPULUS
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Illustrations of this common use are Cicero, Rep. ii. 8. 14; 12. 23; Livy ii. 54. 3; iv. 51. 3; x. 13. 9; xxv. 2. 9; 3. 13; 3. 16; xxx. 27. 3; xxxiv. 54. 4; xxxvii. 58. 1; xliii. 8. 9. The Greeks always regard populus as the equivalent of δῆμος; cf. Plut. Rom. 13. Not only does the tribune in addressing the plebs call them populus Romanus (Sall. Iug. 31), but the consuls also apply the term to the same class (Livy xxv. 4. 4); and a statement of Cicero (Leg. Agr. ii. 7. 17), which has the appearance of a legal definition, makes the people of the thirty-five tribes under a tribune the universus populus Romanus.