- The
contio (pl. "
contiones"; from
Latin "conventio"
meaning "gathering") was an ad hoc
public ****embly in
Ancient Rome,
which existed during the monarchy...
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decisions were made.
Voters met in
contione to
deliberate prior to
meeting in ****emblies or
councils to vote.
These contiones were very
common and
served as...
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Tribunes were
responsible for
organizing support for legislation,
organizing contiones, a form of
discourse or ****embly, as well as
prosecute criminals before...
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would be
commonly used for
imperial eulogies,
political addresses, and
contiones.
Drusus and
Tiberius delivered a
double speech in the Forum;
Drusus read...
- Morstein-Marx's book on m****
oratory in the
republic –
often before contiones or ****emblies of the
people – focused, however, on how both opponents...
- Cicero. Most
Roman cities had a
similar Comitium for
public meetings (L.
contiones) or ****emblies for election,
councils and tribunals. As part of the forum...
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market days, any
public ****emblies—including
their informal sessions (
contiones)—were now
positively banned. At the same time,
these provisions meant...
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distinctly absent from his
usual rantings in the po****r ****emblies (
contiones). Milo was en****bered in a coach, with his wife, a
heavy riding cloak...
- pr(aetōris) urbānī senātūsque sententiā, utī suprā scrīptum est.» Haec utī in
cōntiōne ēdīcātis nē
minus trīnum nūndinum, senātūsque
sententiam utī scientēs essētis...
- "he
killed the
woman with
poison (venēnō)" scrībās suōs ānulīs aureīs in
cōntiōne dōnārunt (Cicero) "they
presented their scribes with
golden rings (ānulīs)...
