mob-tyrants

Updated: May 9, 2025

The law of Marcus Aemilius Scaurus in 632, which at least enforced the constitutional restrictions on the suffrage of freedmen, was for long the only attempt and that a very tame one on the part of the senatorial government once more to restrain their mob-tyrants.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)

The law of Marcus Aemilius Scaurus in 632, which at least enforced the constitutional restrictions on the suffrage of freedmen, was for long the only attempt and that a very tame one on the part of the senatorial government once more to restrain their mob-tyrants.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book IV : The Revolution