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rebellione_n galliarum_n igitur_fw-la say_v tacitus_n per_fw-la conciliabula_fw-la &_o caetus_fw-la seditiosa_fw-la disserebant_fw-la from_o whence_o such_o unlawful_a assembly_n be_v prevent_v and_o suppress_v by_o the_o decree_n and_o constitution_n of_o the_o roman_a prince_n and_o senator_n which_o be_v to_o be_v find_v in_o the_o body_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n which_o i_o now_o present_a to_o the_o reader_n sub_fw-la praetextu_fw-la religionis_fw-la illicitis_fw-la d._n 47.11.2_o de_fw-fr caetibus_fw-la illicitis_fw-la vel_fw-la sub_fw-la species_n solvendi_fw-la voti_fw-la caetus_fw-la illicitos_fw-la nec_fw-la a_o veteranis_fw-la tempetare_fw-la oportet_fw-la mandatis_fw-la principalibus_fw-la praecipitur_fw-la praesidibus_fw-la provinciarum_fw-la ne_fw-la patiantur_fw-la esse_fw-la collegia_fw-la sodalitia_fw-la neve_fw-la milites_fw-la collegia_fw-la in_o castris_fw-la habeant_fw-la collegii_fw-la d._n 47.22.1_o de_fw-fr collegii_fw-la sed_fw-la permittitur_fw-la tenuioribus_fw-la stipem_fw-la menstruam_fw-la confer_v dum_fw-la tamen_fw-la semel_fw-la in_o mense_fw-la caeant_fw-la ne_fw-la sub_fw-la praetextu_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la illicitum_fw-la collegium_fw-la coeat_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la in_o urbe_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o in_o italia_n &_o in_o provinciis_fw-la locum_fw-la habere_fw-la divus_o quoque_fw-la severus_fw-la rescripsit_fw-la sed_fw-la religionis_fw-la causa_fw-la coin_n non_fw-la prohibentur_fw-la pâ—na_fw-la d._n 47.22.2_o de_fw-fr pâ—na_fw-la dum_fw-la tamen_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la non_fw-la fiat_fw-la contra_fw-la senatusconsultum_fw-la quo_fw-la illicita_fw-la collegiaarcentur_fw-la quisquis_fw-la illicitum_fw-la collegium_fw-la vsurpaverit_fw-la ea_fw-la paena_fw-la quo_fw-la tenetur_fw-la qui_fw-la hominibus_fw-la armatis_fw-la loca_fw-la publica_fw-la vel_fw-la templa_fw-la occupasse_fw-la judicati_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o summa_fw-la autem_fw-la nisi_fw-la ex_fw-la senatusconsulti_fw-la auctoritate_fw-la vel_fw-la caesaris_fw-la 47.22.3.1_o d._n 47.22.3.1_o collegium_fw-la vel_fw-la quod_fw-la cunque_fw-la tale_n corpus_fw-la coierit_fw-la contra_fw-la senatusconsultum_fw-la et_fw-la mandata_fw-la &_o constitutiones_fw-la collegium_fw-la celebrant_a by_o these_o
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