Peter Parley's common school history Illustrated by engravings . Senator. Emperor. 2. The people of Rome, as you know, were at first divided intotwo classes, the patricians and plebeians. It was to the struggles forpower between these ranks that most of the difficulties in the statewere owing. To these ranks a third was afterwards added, calledequites, or knights; the custom of making slaves of the subjects ofconquered nations, introduced a fourth division. 3. You have seen that the government of Rome was subject tovery numerous changes. At one time it was under a kinjr, at othersunder consuls
Peter Parley's common school history Illustrated by engravings . Senator. Emperor. 2. The people of Rome, as you know, were at first divided intotwo classes, the patricians and plebeians. It was to the struggles forpower between these ranks that most of the difficulties in the statewere owing. To these ranks a third was afterwards added, calledequites, or knights; the custom of making slaves of the subjects ofconquered nations, introduced a fourth division. 3. You have seen that the government of Rome was subject tovery numerous changes. At one time it was under a kinjr, at othersunder consuls, dictators, emperors, &c. The other officers of the statewere numerous, and invested with very different degrees of power. 4. The ministers of religion among the Romans did not form adistinct order of citizens, but were chosen from the most virtuousand honorable men of the state. These attended to the sacrifices ofbeasts to the gods, and other religious rites. The superstitions of thetime gave rise to the establishment of a college of augurs, whose Ch. LX
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