History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . decrees, and Hadrian had ordered obedience to It deter-mined the citys expenses, after appointing a commission to examine 1 Quod semel ordo decrevit non oportere id rescindi; but he added, Nisi ex causa, id est, siad publicam utilitatem respiciat rescissio prions decreli (Digest, 1. 0, o). Thus we see, in thissingle expression, the old law of municipal liberties, and the new law, which was just comingin force, of the absolute dependence of the municipalities. THE CITY. 59 accounts,1 it caused t
History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . decrees, and Hadrian had ordered obedience to It deter-mined the citys expenses, after appointing a commission to examine 1 Quod semel ordo decrevit non oportere id rescindi; but he added, Nisi ex causa, id est, siad publicam utilitatem respiciat rescissio prions decreli (Digest, 1. 0, o). Thus we see, in thissingle expression, the old law of municipal liberties, and the new law, which was just comingin force, of the absolute dependence of the municipalities. THE CITY. 59 accounts,1 it caused to be sold, when needful, the securities andpledges lodged in the municipal coffers, disposed of the commonlands,2 and appointed the Its liberty of action was great,for its decisions needed not the sanction of the governor of theprovince, who, however, had power to annul any which were con-trary to the prerogatives of the superior The curiawas thus in each city the deliberative power. It possessed, more-over, certain powers which we leave either to the executive power. THE THEATKE AT POMPEII. or to the judicial authority. Thus, as heads of the great municipalfamily, the decurions could in some cases name the guardian whomthe magistrate appointed for wards,5 and see to the forms of enfran-chisement being carried out wben the master of the slave wasunder twenty years of Later, they received documents andguaranteed their validity. They took possession of land for publicuses, regulated compulsory labor for works in the city and therepairing of roads,7 and decreed honors to those citizens who had 1 LexMalac. 63, 67, 68. 2 Ibid. 63-64. s Herzog, 504, 518. 4 Ambitiosa decreta decurionum rescindi debent (TJlpian, in the Digest, 1. 9, 4, and Code, x. 46, 2). This is the idea of Hadrians rescript. 6 Lex Salp. 20. » Ibid. 28. 7 M. Giraud {Bronzes dOsuna, p. 12) considers that the law of 1836 has done no morefor our parish roads than did the regulation at Osuna
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