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judge_n not_o king_n have_v all_o the_o power_n so_o
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archidamus_n to_o account_v imprison_v he_o lay_v a_o great_a mulct_n upon_o he_o and_o at_o last_o take_v his_o life_n away_o the_o like_a they_o do_v to_o pausanias_n and_o agis_n lacedaemonian_a king_n and_o be_v so_o terrible_a that_o they_o erect_v timoris_fw-la sacellum_fw-la a_o chapel_n of_o terror_n which_o ephori_fw-la together_o with_o their_o king_n do_v take_v oath_n every_o month_n that_o they_o will_v observe_v the_o law_n of_o lycurgus_n and_o preserve_v the_o kingdom_n in_o peace_n in_o tract_n of_o time_n they_o grow_v so_o insolent_a that_o cleomenes_n break_v their_o empire_n and_o restore_v the_o kingly_a power_n it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o any_o patrician_n to_o accept_v of_o be_v a_o plebeian_n magistrate_n and_o volero_n tribune_n of_o the_o people_n ordain_v by_o a_o law_n proclaim_v with_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o plebeian_n that_o the_o plebeian_n magistrate_n shall_v be_v make_v without_o the_o patrician_n and_o only_o the_o plebeian_n admit_v to_o the_o tribunitian_a council_n and_o though_o former_o to_o be_v dictator_n consul_n praetor_n or_o censor_n none_o but_o patrician_n be_v to_o be_v admit_v yet_o afterward_o the_o patrician_n magistrate_n be_v to_o share_v and_o communicate_v with_o the_o plebeian_n so_o sextius_n primus_fw-la of_o a_o plebeian_n be_v make_v a_o consul_n which_o then_o be_v ratify_v lege_fw-la licinia_n which_o c._n licinius_n and_o l._n sextius_n tribune_n of_o the_o people_n proclaim_v that_o the_o consulship_n shall_v be_v common_a with_o the_o plebeian_n q._n also_o p._n philo_n and_o cl._n licinius_n stolo_n plebeian_n the_o one_o do_v bear_v the_o office_n of_o praetorship_n the_o other_o the_o master_n of_o the_o horse_n with_o the_o patrician_n moreover_o the_o dictatorship_n in_o which_o be_v place_v the_o great_a glory_n and_o censorship_n we_o find_v to_o be_v in_o common_a with_o the_o plebeian_n for_o both_o m._n rutilius_n the_o first_o dictator_n and_o censor_n then_o q._n pompeius_n and_o q._n metellus_n