- The
contio (pl. "contiones"; from
Latin "conventio"
meaning "gathering") was an ad hoc
public ****embly in
Ancient Rome,
which existed during the monarchy...
-
convened by a magistrate.
There were
three general kinds of ****emblies: a
contio where a
crowd was
convened to hear
speeches or
statements from speakers...
- pre-existing
Roman custom or if he
modified a
similar pledging gesture for his
contio.
Cicero clearly disapproved of Octavian's performance, exclaiming: "I don't...
- Lepidus'
troops arrived to the forum,
Brutus spoke before the
people in a
contio. The text of that
speech is lost. Dio says the
liberatores promoted their...
-
There were
three types of gatherings, the comitia, the concilium, and the
contio. The
first two were
formal gatherings where legal decisions were made. The...
- The
Concio (from the
Latin contio, "****embly"), in the
Republic of Venice, was the
general ****embly of
freemen (citizens and patricians) from
which the...
- vote on a bill, a
special contio was
called so that a
debate on the
proposal could be held. Once that
debate was over, the
contio immediately became the...
- ajhg.2012.02.006. PMC 3309189. PMID 22405088. Garçon-Michel N, Roguedas-
Contios AM,
Rault G, Le
Bihan J,
Ramel S,
Revert K,
Dirou A,
Misery L (July 2010)...
-
Stories from my
street and from my village", 1889),
Fables (1898), and
Contio de la Bova ("Tales from the Cowshed"). The
writings of the abbé Jean-Baptiste...
- through,
Whence the
light is risen;
Salvation has been found. Ergō
nostra cōntiō Psallat iam in lūstrō; Benedīcat Dominō: Salūs Regī nostrō. Therefore, let...
