Note 2383 — Chapter XVI · COMITIAL LEGISLATION From the Gracchi to Sulla 134-82
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Ibid. 3, 15 f. The word sortito in these passages, e.g. “IIIvir sortito ceivi Romano dedit adsignavit,” proves a reference to the founding of colonies, as viritim assignations were not by lot; Mommsen, in CIL. i. p. 87.