Note 2091 — Chapter XV · COMITIAL LEGISLATION From Hortensius to the Gracchi 287-134
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Livy xxvii. 36. 14; p. 306 above. In 171 because of the impending Macedonian war the consular lex Licinia Cassia permitted the consuls to name their tribuni militum (Livy xliii. 31)—a precedent followed thereafter in emergencies.