And after waging a war, the consuls still have to refer any treaties back to the people for ratification. The Senate cannot infringe on the rights of the people because the tribunes, the magistrates elected to protect the people, have the right of veto over any Senatorial decision. The Senate is not completely dominated, however,
Some Emperors followed the Senate’s advice and laws set. However, some Emperors did not. They completely took the Dictatorship government into affect. They did not listen to the Senate’s advice and did not follow regulations set by the Senate. By 476 CE, the Roman government was a complete dictatorship.
In contrast to Brutus , Antony speaks to the plebians as if they are his equals . He respects their intelligence to understand a speech given in verse . In a roundabout manner , he needs to use rhetoric to 1) make the people doubt brutus's honor and excuses . 2) to stir pity and increase the achievements of caesar and to 3) incite the crown into mutiny . He starts out by adressing them as "friends" because he wants to come to them as a friend rather than a ruler trying to get power .
In 52 BC, Pompey became sole-consul, and passed legislations which affected Caesar_s position in power. One of these new laws was intended to ” make urban office less tempting as a passport to extortion abroad‘ . This meant that Caesar could be replaced straight after his
Antony tries to prove to the crowd that Caesar was not ambitious when he says, “He hath brought many captives home to Rome. Who’s ransoms did the general coffers fill. Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?” (94). The rhetorical question states the obvious fact that Caesar was not ambitious. Antony states if Caesar would have been ambitious he would have not cared for those people being held captive.
He renounced his consulship in 23 BC, but retained his consular imperium, leading to a second compromise between Augustus and the Senate known as the Second Settlement. Augustus was granted the authority of a tribune (tribunicia potestas), though not the title, which allowed him to call together the Senate and people at will and lay business before it, veto the actions of either the Assembly or the Senate, preside over elections, and gave him the right to speak first at any meeting. Also included in Augustus's tribunician authority were powers usually reserved for the Roman censor; these included the right to supervise public morals and scrutinise laws to ensure they were in the public interest, as well as the ability to hold a census and determine the membership of the Senate. No tribune of Rome ever had these powers, and there was no precedent within the Roman system for consolidating the powers of the tribune and the censor into a single position, nor was Augustus ever elected to the office of Censor. Whether censorial powers were granted to Augustus as part of his tribunician authority, or he simply assumed these responsibilities, is a matter of
As a whole, the Mafia’s assassination desires weren’t focused on Kennedy as much as with Fidel Castro. Castro’s revolution in Cuba forced the Mafia and their vested interests out of the country. This, along with the disdain for Robert Kennedy, seemed to fuel the Mafia’s rage and motive to kill the President. Though his place in the big picture was miniscule in appearance, some believe Jack Ruby had a hand in the process as well. Ruby’s role was questioned by many not solely because of the puzzling murder of Lee
Many of those who had initially voted for his innocence now voted for capital punishment.His suggestions for punishment included: being awarded a pension from the government for performing a public service and paying a very small fine. He specifically rejected the punishment of exile (leaving the city) which the jury would probably have been content with and may actually have preferred.If Socrates had accepted Crito's offer, he probably would not have been pursued by the Athenian government. Extradition from another city was uncommon, and many of the jurors would have been quite happy if he had preferred to leave. One of the reasons Socrates rejected Crito's offer is that he would not be abiding by his word; he had essentially been offered exile and had rejected it, and to self-exile himself at this point (only a few days later) would violate his unspoken oath to accept the punishment given by the jury. This would be a deontological reason--based on his duty to abide by his word to accept the punishment given and to abide by his earlier claim that he would reject exile.
Instead of Macbeth directly killing Banquo, Macbeth hired his gang members to act out this murder. By doing this, Macbeth hopes to be plagued lessen from the guilt and sorrow he awaits, and secondly it acts as insurance for Macbeth because if anyone saw the murder they would not see Macbeth thus making him innocent of the
The most likely one is the latter option because it would allow the audience to also ignore her career while hearing the speech, while making it seem like she is the worst option as a senator. It's an effective use of a hasty generalization because Martin ignores Dianne's career as a senator to make it seem like she is a bad senator while also allowing the audience to ignore her career while hearing the speech. This allows him to start proposing his ideas later on, which means that the audience knows his propositions and ideas, while knowing nothing about Dianne, which makes Martin look good as a