HUMAN 1AS Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Italians, Brigantes, Nobility
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In the consulship of aulus vitellius and lucius vipstanus* the question of filling up the. Senate* was discussed, and the chief men of gallia comata*, as it was called, who had long possessed the rights of allies and of roman citizens, sought the privilege of obtaining public offices* at rome. There was much talk of every kind on the subject, and it was argued before the emperor in the senate with vehement opposition. "italy," it was asserted, "is not so feeble as to be unable to furnish its own capital with a senate. * in the past our native-born citizens sufficed for peoples of our own kin, and we are by no means dissatisfied with the rome of the past. To this day we cite examples, which under our old customs the roman character exhibited as to valor and renown.
