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THEPUBLICORDERINREPUBLICANROME
ofcialcultswhichwereshroudingthemagistratesinsacralaura,
andalsobytheideologyofvictorypropagatedbythoseinpower.
Tisideologywasadditionallyexpressedalsobybuildings,statues,
triumphs,aswellasbypublicfunerals.Hence,extensivepolice
forceswerenotneeded.However,duringsharpsocialconflicts,in
thelastcenturyoftheRepublic,theseintegratingforcesmoreand
moreoftenfailed.Likewisedidapplyingoldmethodsofsolvingdis-
agreements.Newandradicalsolutionswererequired.Interimas
theywere,thesesolutionsindubitablybreachedtheprinciplethat
callingthearmyinwithintheboundariesoftheCitywasbanned.,6
Extraordinarysolutionsincludedpraesidia,i.e.politicalmilitia
jprivatearmedgroupsof,mostoften,formersoldierswhomade
upthestrengthbaseforapolitician.Suchgangswereusedby
L.CorneliusCinnawhenhewastryingtopushthroughhisbills
inRomein87B.C.Oncehisadversariesappliedthesamemethods,
confrontationprovedunavoidable,asweareinformedaboutby
AppianofAlexandria:,,
KO.oἱHὲvἀHφ.TὸvKRvvOvπρoAOβόvTεcTὴvἀγoρὰvHεTὰKεKρUH-
HέvωvξiφiδRωvἐβόωvἐcTὰcφUAὰcπάσOcἀvOHiγῆvOi·TὸδὲKOBO-
ρώTερovπAῆBocἐcTὸvὈKTάoUiovἐχώρεi,KO.oἵδεHεTὰξiφiδRωv.
[290]ἔTiδ᾽OὐTῷKOTὰTὴvoἰKROvTὸHέAAovπερioρωHέvῳἐξOγγέAAε-
TOiToὺcπAέovOcδηHάρχoUcKωAύεivTὰγiγvόHεvO,BόρUβovδὲTῶv
vεoπoAiTῶvεἶvOiKO.ἀπoγύHvωσivἤδηTῶvξiφiδRωvπερ.ὁδὸvἐc
ToὺcἀvTiAέγovTOcδηHάρχoUcἀvOπηδώvTωvἐπ.TὰἔHβoAO.[291]ὧv
ὈKTάoUiocπUBόHεvocKOTέβOivεδiὰTῆcἹερᾶcὁδoῦHεTὰπUKvoῦ
πάvUπAήBoUcKO.oἷOχεiHάρρoUcἐcTὴvἀγoρὰvἐHπεσὼvὤσOTo
HὲvδiὰHέσωvTῶvσUvεσTώTωvKO.δiέσTησεvOὐToύc·[292]ὡcδὲ
KOTέπAηξεv,ἐcTὸTῶvΔioσKoύρωvἱερὸvπOρῆABε,TὸvKRvvOvἐK-
TρεπόHεvoc.ὅσoiδ᾽OὐTῷσUvῆσOv,χωρ.cἐπOγγέAHOTocἐHπεσόvTεc
ToῖcvεoπoARTOicἔKTεivάvTεπoAAoὺcKO.ἑTέρoUcφεύγovTOcἐπ.Tὰc
πύAOcἐδRωKov.
,6Nippel(1984)24&29;(1988)54-69.
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