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Roman treaty

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Often appears with: treaties, truces, and peacemaking · senate debate · numidia peace · memmius harangue · censorship and the press · assemblies, councils, and senates

Usually: narrative (1) · sudden reversal of fortune (1) · curiosity (1) · detachment (1)

Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War primary

Sallust (Gaius Sallustius Crispus) · c. 44-40 BCE
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After African negotiations, rumor in Rome sparks debate on whether the senate will ratify or overturn the consul’s treaty, while Memmius urges popular vengeance on treaty-makers and introduces his speech.

were delivered into the hands of the quaestor. Calpurnius then returned to Rome to preside at the election of magistrates[106], and peace was observed throughout Numidia and the Roman army. XXX. When rumor had made known the affairs transacted in Africa, and the mode in which they had been brought to pass, the conduct of the consul became a subject of discussion in every place and company at Rome. Among the people t…