convened by a magistrate. There were two general kinds of assemblies: a contio where a crowd was convened to hear speeches or statements from speakers...

The contio (pl. "contiones"; from Latin "conventio" meaning "gathering") was an ad hoc public assembly in Ancient Rome, which existed during the monarchy...

The Concio (from the Latin contio, "assembly"), in the Republic of Venice, was the general assembly 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...

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...

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...

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...

through, Whence the light is risen; Salvation has been found. Ergō nostra cōntiō Psallat iam in lūstrō; Benedīcat Dominō: Salūs Regī nostrō. Therefore, let...

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...

authority, without senatorial consent. Moving to the forum, Caesar summoned a contio (a meeting wherein a magistrate would address the people) where he requested...

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and the now infamous Milo. To defend himself, Milo and Caelius hold a contio in the forum which devolves into violence once the Clodians attack. Amidst...

customary for magistrates to give speeches to an informal assembly called a contio where they would try to convince and take feedback from the citizenry. In...

States Information Type Public secondary (with some magnet programs) Motto Contio Laureata (Latin: An Assembly of Honored Scholars) Established 1990; 35 years...

isorhythmic piece and his best known work, En Katerine solennia/Virginalis contio/Sponsus amat sponsum; it was almost certainly written for the wedding, on...

public debate occurred prior to the legislative comitia through duelling contio where magistrates spoke to an unorganised crowd urging them one way or the...

Assemblies Comitia curiata Comitia centuriata Comitia tributa Concilium plebis Contio Magistrates Consul Consular tribune Dictator Magister equitum Praetor Aedile...

with Clodius, Titus Munatius Plancus and Quintus Pompeius Rufus, held a contio in the forum lambasting Milo for the murder. The mob, at Sextus Cloelius'...

a market again in 52 BC. Cicero complains in one of his letters about a contio being held in the Circus Flaminius despite the nundinae. Following the 46 BC...

of his personal goods, allowing him to be roughly beaten by a crowd at a contio [public meeting], and throwing him into prison". Robert Morstein-Marx, a...

the magistrate who would oversee the elections in a public meeting – a contio – which was memorialised in writing and posted publicly. Roman religion...

assemblies (comitia) of the Roman Republic, the voting was preceded by a contio (public meeting at which issues or candidates were presented). After the...

and the senate as written above. See that you declare it in the assembly (contio) for not less than three market days; that you may know the opinion of the...

Assemblies Comitia curiata Comitia centuriata Comitia tributa Concilium plebis Contio Magistrates Consul Consular tribune Dictator Magister equitum Praetor Aedile...

Zucchetti, "Performance", p. 66. Keaveney, Sulla, p. 56, writes he called a contio instead. Hinard, Sullana, pp. 30, 31. Katz, "First Fruits", pp. 100, 101...

Assemblies Comitia curiata Comitia centuriata Comitia tributa Concilium plebis Contio Magistrates Consul Consular tribune Dictator Magister equitum Praetor Aedile...

infiltrate the colony. Uso, Marbet, and Peggy and corned by Cronicle in his Contio. Peggy sacrifices herself so that Uso and Marbet can escape, but the two...

Assemblies Comitia curiata Comitia centuriata Comitia tributa Concilium plebis Contio Magistrates Consul Consular tribune Dictator Magister equitum Praetor Aedile...

Assemblies Comitia curiata Comitia centuriata Comitia tributa Concilium plebis Contio Magistrates Consul Consular tribune Dictator Magister equitum Praetor Aedile...

Assemblies Comitia curiata Comitia centuriata Comitia tributa Concilium plebis Contio Magistrates Consul Consular tribune Dictator Magister equitum Praetor Aedile...