Onasander Posted December 31, 2013 Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 (edited) Im surprised how little I am getting googling his name, but he seems important. So did he lead the plebians in their seccession from the patricians? I see references to him being on the mountain during the strike..... but he also is electing tribunes, and as many tribunes as he wants, and also saw a suggestion he had the power to behead people? Like..... why doesnt this gut have a wiki page? It seems he was rather powerful. My browser keeps collapsing on my phone, but what I do manage to find on him when I do is pretty impressive. I got this from Machiavelli: It likewise creates great disgust in a State when the Citizens are terrified every day with fresh prosecutions ; as it happened at Rome after the expiration of the Decemvirate, for not only all the Decemviri, but so many other Citizens were accused and condemned at difserenttimes, that the Nobility were in the utmost consternation, and began to apprehend there would be no end of these severities, till their whole order was extinguished ; and this manner of proceeding would cer. tainly have excited great troubles and inconveniencies, if they had not been foreseen and prevented by Marcus Duellius one of the Tribunes, who published an edict, prohibiting every one either to cite or accuse any Roman Citizen during the space of a year; by * See Chap. vi. cf the Prince, and the Notes upon it. which act of moderation, the Nobility were delivered from all further disquietude and apprehension. From hence it appears, how dangerous it is either for a Prince or a Commonwealth to keep their subjects in continual fear and alarm by daily executions. Indeed nothing can be more prejudicial to their interest*: for when men begin to dread these evils, they will naturally endeavour to secure themselves at all events, and become bolder and more determined to attempt a change of government. Upon such occasions therefore, it is the best way either to punish no body at all, or to finish the executions at once, and afterwards to give the people no occasion to fear any thing further; that so they may live securely and quietly http://books.google.com/books?id=F4YaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA150&lpg=PA150&dq=marcus+duellius&source=bl&ots=-bdrLW9F8-&sig=hXBqrh2Sa2e8ibWdoV9scCvmQyM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=V23CUofaL6zfsAS7r4CwDQ&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBg Edited December 31, 2013 by Onasander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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