Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Roman history, the meeting-place of the comitia (which see).
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Examples
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To his huge embarrassment the hearing was scheduled to be held in the comitium itself, just outside the Senate House.
CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010
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When we reached the comitium, Hybrida called out cheerfully, “This is how it was in the time of our joint consulship, Cicero, when we stood shoulder to shoulder to save the republic!”
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From the audience in the comitium came the sound of jeering.
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Rufus, in contrast, appeared alone, and the moment I saw him striding across the comitium toward us, with only one secretary in attendance, I felt what little confidence I had evaporate.
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The area in front of the court had been full before, but now people began to stream into the comitium from all across the Forum.
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A comitium might be legislative, and pass laws or plebiscites; judiciary, and hear trials; public, to deal with matters like adoption; electoral, to return magistrates; or religious, to act upon religious matters like voting for priests and augurs.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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A comitium might be legislative, and pass laws or plebiscites; judiciary, and hear trials; public, to deal with matters like adoption; electoral, to return magistrates; or religious, to act upon religious matters like voting for priests and augurs.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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The state was grateful towards such valour; a statue was erected to him in the comitium, and as much land was given to him as he ploughed around in one day.
The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius
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A meeting of the senate being held on the following day, when, having sufficiently sounded the inclinations of the people, he forbade the senate to leave him, attended by that body, he placed his throne in the comitium, and sent his sergeant to Marcus
The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius
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But an expression seasonably uttered determined the matter whilst still undecided; for when a meeting of the senate, a little after this, was being held in the Curia Hostilia regarding these questions, and some troops returning from relieving guard passed through the forum in their march, a centurion in the comitium cried out, "Standard-bearer, fix your standard! it is best for us to remain here."
The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius
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