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For the standing declamations the tried gargles of the theatrical staff were an article in much request; Greeks and Jews, freedmen and slaves, were the most regular attenders and the loudest criers in the public assemblies; frequently, even when it came to a vote, only a minority of those voting consisted of burgesses constitutionally entitled to do so.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book V : The Establishment of the Military Monarchy