Tribunes in a sentence

Abbott, 44 To win over the tribunes, the senators gave the tribunes a great deal of power and the tribunes began to feel obligated to the senate.

The first tribuni militum consulare potestate, or military tribunes with consular power, were elected for the year 444. Although plebeians were eligible for this office, each of the first "consular tribunes" was a patrician.

Mr Flynn, it seems, has put a stop to such nonsense and though life isn’t exactly a bowl of cherries among the £84k-a-year tribunes of independence, the atmosphere is certainly better.

And its hilarious duo of officious tribunes Brutus (Jordan Metcalfe) and Sicinius (Stephanie Street) feel like they’re straight from a political sitcom, resolutely ordinary amid the chaos they cause.

Jamie was also named the Casper Star Tribunes’ Wyoming Player of the Year and Converse All-American during her senior basketball season.

The National Sports Stadium was condemned for its uneven turf, turnstiles, lack of bucket seats, poor changing rooms, doping rooms, first aid rooms, media tribunes as well as ablution facilities.

Abbott, 28 The plebeians called these new officials " plebeian tribunes ".

After the impeachment of the two obstructive tribunes, Caesar, perhaps unsurprisingly, faced no further opposition from other members of the Tribunician College.

All magistracies and the tribunes of the plebs had resigned in advance.

Antony was then elected as one of the ten People's Tribunes for 49 BC.

Anyone who violated the sacrosanctity of the tribunes might be killed without penalty.

A similar fate was faced by Tribunes, a science fiction police series, which Roddenberry attempted to get off the ground between 1973 and 1977.

As the tribunes and the senators grew closer, plebeian senators were often able to secure the tribunate for members of their own families.

Augustus accomplished this by randomly selecting former tribunes and quaestors for the office.

But George loudly renounced the Emperor's edict, and in front of his fellow soldiers and tribunes he claimed himself to be a Christian.

Citizens could appeal the decisions of the magistrates to the tribunes, who would then be obliged to determine the legality of the action before a magistrate could proceed.

He also bribed several Roman commanders, and at least two tribunes, before and during the war.

Immediately subordinate to the legate would be six elected military tribunes — five would be staff officers and the remaining one would be a noble heading for the Senate (originally this tribune commanded the legion).

One of the Plebeian Tribunes (chief representatives of the people) for the year, Metilius, was a partisan of Minucius, and as such he sought to use his power to help Minucius.

Originally five in number, the college of tribunes was expanded to ten in 457, and remained at this number throughout Roman history.