erit,will be (it is true): notice theemphatic position, opposing it to the clause withtamen (l. 24). imperio et potestate,military and civil power. Of the regular magistrates, all possessed potestas, i.e. power in general (including military power); but only consuls and praetors possessed the imperium,—i.e. sovereign power, as of a general in the field, somewhat limited, however, in the city by special privileges of Roman citizens. commemorabuntur,shall be mentioned (by me). certis rebus,well-ascertained facts. agentur,made ground of action. inter decem annos,i.e since Sulla's lex judiciaria, transferring the courts to the senatorial order (see note on Rosc. Am., p. 2, l. 1).
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