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There are several well attested examples of resistance to conscription during the Republic. Particularly for service in Spain. In 151BC the consuls were incarcerated by the tribunes for persisting in the levy and only the intervention of Scipio Aemilianus prevented worse trouble. (Polyb 35.4, Livy Epit 48). This happened again in 138.(Livy Epit 55).1 point