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THEPUBLICORDERINREPUBLICANROME
previousoneinbeingameasureundertakenonthebasisofthe
senate)sdecision,andnotbyindividualpoliticiansortheirback-
ers.SuchaformulawasusedbyL.CorneliusScipioNasicain133
B.C.againstT.SemproniusGracchus.;2Similarly,itwasappliedin
121B.C.againstTiberius)brotherC.SemproniusGracchus,in99
B.C.againstL.AppuleiusSaturninus,andadaptedbyC.Calpurnius
Pisoin67B.C.;3
Tethirdwayofsolvingproblemsmeantbreakingtherepubli-
canrulesandleadingthearmywithintheboundariesoftheCity
(pomerium).In88B.C.L.CorneliusSullafirstusedhismilitary
troopstomaintainobedienceinRome;thesameactionC.Mar-
iusandL.CorneliusCinnadidthefollowingyear;;4whilstin52
B.C.thesenateofciallyentitledCn.PompeiusMagnustoleadthe
armyintoItalyandthereuponintroducepeaceinRome,troubled
byfightsamongtheparties.;5Ten,in47B.C.,MarkAntonyprac-
ticedit,beingMasteroftheHorse(magisterequitum)ofJuliusCae-
saratthetime,;6andintheperiodoftheSecondTriumviratea
customlikethisbecameanorm.;,
InthetimesofAugustus)autocracy,theoldmethodsofmaintain-
ingthesocialorderwhichhadbeendevelopingduringtheRepub-
lichadstoppedfulfillingtheirfunctionalongtimebefore.Tanks
tohisvictoryinthecivilwar,thefirstemperorachievedaman-
dateforwieldingpower.Althoughheputmuchefortintocreat-
Lintott(1968)91.
7;Echols(1957-8)378;Lintott(1968)212;Gruen(1968)229;cf.Nippel(1988)87-94;
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