voting-assemblies

Updated: May 16, 2025

But while in these voting-assemblies, the -comitia-, though they were far from dealing strictly in the matter of qualification, it was on the whole burgesses alone that appeared, in the mere popular assemblages on the other hand the -contiones -every one in the shape of a man was entitled to take his place and to shout, Egyptians and Jews, street- boys and slaves.

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

But while in these voting-assemblies, the -comitia-, though they were far from dealing strictly in the matter of qualification, it was on the whole burgesses alone that appeared, in the mere popular assemblages on the other hand the -contiones -every one in the shape of a man was entitled to take his place and to shout, Egyptians and Jews, street- boys and slaves.

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