The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier, 1985 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 421
... authority was strong this system might result in nothing more than local self - government in the modern sense ; where the central authority ' was weak , particularly in the region stretching from southern Italy to the Baltic Sea ...
... authority was strong this system might result in nothing more than local self - government in the modern sense ; where the central authority ' was weak , particularly in the region stretching from southern Italy to the Baltic Sea ...
Page 532
... authority in the center , and to permit the groups to ex- ercise political authority only by delegation from the center . At the other extreme is the interna- tional organization , league , or alliance in which the relations of the ...
... authority in the center , and to permit the groups to ex- ercise political authority only by delegation from the center . At the other extreme is the interna- tional organization , league , or alliance in which the relations of the ...
Page 681
... authority passed to two supreme magistrates , first called praetores ( leaders ) and later called con- sules . Consuls were elected in the comitia cen- turiata ( the assembly originally based on a mili- tary organization of the people ...
... authority passed to two supreme magistrates , first called praetores ( leaders ) and later called con- sules . Consuls were elected in the comitia cen- turiata ( the assembly originally based on a mili- tary organization of the people ...
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