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Definition of Tribunes
1. tribune [n] - See also: tribune
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tribunes
Literary usage of Tribunes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Rome by Robert Fowler Leighton (1878)
"The tribunes of the people took their names and were elected, not from the military
tribunes, but from the tribunes * who managed the local affairs of the ..."
2. The History of Rome by Wilhelm Ihne (1871)
"They accordingly modified the proposition of the tribunes to this effect, that
in future the people should be free to elect either consuls—that is, ..."
3. Roman Antiquities: Or, An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans by Alexander Adam (1819)
"They were called tribunes, according to Varro, de Ling. Lot. I. iv. 14. because they
were at first created from the tribunes of the soldiers ..."
4. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"7, 2) represents military necessity as the sole reason for the change. Certainly the
highest number of consular tribunes was elected in a year (BC 405) when ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"Although the revolution of 494 gave the tribunes a foothold in the constitution,
... In the first place, the number of tribunes is raised to ten, ..."
6. Roman Antiquities =: Or, An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans by Alexander Adam (1814)
"tribunes of the People. THE plebeians being oppressed by the patricians on ...
14. because they were at first created from the tribunes of the soldiers. ..."
7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Although the revolution of 494 gave the tribunes a foothold in the constitution,
... In the first place, the number of tribunes is raised to ten, ..."
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