Agnes Muriel Clay

“ Cicero (l.c.) speaks of the senate in the Sicilian towns as appointed by a vote of the township. But in most towns it was the duty of the chief magistrate to draw up a list (album) of the senators every five years. The decuriones held office for life. They were convened by the magistrate, who presided as in the Roman senate. Their powers were extensive. In all matters the magistrates were obliged to act according to their direction, and in some towns they heard cases of appeal against judicial sentences passed by the magistrate. ”

“ Latinae, No. 3721 (Album of Canusium) ; Godefroy, Paratitl. ad cod. Theodosianam, xii. 1 (vol. iv. pp. 352 et seq., ed. Ritter) ; J. Marquardt, Römische Staatsverwaltung, i. pp. 183 et seq. (Leipzig, 1881) ; P. Willems, Droit public romain, pp. 535 et seq. (Paris, 1884) ; Pauly-Wissowa, Realencyclopädie, IV. ii. ”