The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier, 1998 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Where central 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 ...
Where central 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 ...
Page 532
At one extreme is the empire or unitary government , which seeks to eliminate all direct relations between its com- ponent groups , to concentrate political authority in the center , and to permit the groups to ex- ercise political ...
At one extreme is the empire or unitary government , which seeks to eliminate all direct relations between its com- ponent groups , to concentrate political authority in the center , and to permit the groups to ex- ercise political ...
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When the monarchy was overthrown in Rome in 509 B. C. , the royal authority passed to two supreme magistrates , first called praetores ( leaders ) and later called con- sules . Consuls were elected in the comitia cen- turiata ( the ...
When the monarchy was overthrown in Rome in 509 B. C. , the royal authority passed to two supreme magistrates , first called praetores ( leaders ) and later called con- sules . Consuls were elected in the comitia cen- turiata ( the ...
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