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Footnotes
In the year of Rome 444, Livy, dec. 1, Book ix. As the war against Perseus appeared somewhat dangerous, it was ordained by a senatus-consultum that this law should be suspended, and the people agreed to it. Livy, dec. 5, Book ii.
"They extorted it from the senate," says Freinshemius, dec. 2, Book tit. i, De Sicariis et homicidiis.
This took place, especially in regard to crimes committed in Italy, which were subject chiefly to the inspection of the senate. See Livy, Dec. 1, Book ix, p. 26, concerning the conspiracies at Capua.
This was the case in the prosecution for the murder of Posthumius, in the year 340 of Rome. See Livy, Book iv, p. 50.
This is proved from Livy, Book xliii, p. 46, who says that Hannibal rendered their magistracy annual.
The senatus-consultums were in force for the space of a year, though not confirmed by the people. — Dionysius Halicarnassus Book ix, p. 595; Book xi, p. 735.
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