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Cicero
On the Republic Passage 54
Passage 130 of 251
Canonical reference 2.54
Latin
perseus-cicero-de_republica-lat
Provocationem autem etiam a regibus fuisse declarant pontificii libri, significant nostri etiam augurales, itemque ab omni iudicio poenaque provocari licere indicant xii tabulae conpluribus legibus; et quod proditum memoriae est, x viros, qui leges scripserint, sine provocatione creatos, satis ostenderit reliquos sine provocatione magistratus non fuisse; Luciique Valerii Potiti et M. Horatii Barbati, hominum concordiae causa sapienter popularium, consularis lex sanxit, ne qui magistratus sine provocatione crearetur; neque vero leges Porciae, quae tres sunt trium Porciorum, ut scitis, quicquam praeter sanctionem attulerunt novi.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
The pontifical books show that appeal existed even under the kings, and our augural books indicate it too. Likewise, several laws in the Twelve Tables show that appeal was permitted from every judgment and penalty. The tradition that the decemvirs who wrote the laws were appointed without appeal sufficiently shows that other magistrates were not without appeal. The consular law of Lucius Valerius Potitus and Marcus Horatius Barbatus, men wisely favorable to the people for the sake of concord, ordained that no magistrate should be appointed without appeal. Nor did the three Porcian laws, enacted by three members of the Porcian family, as you know, introduce anything new beyond a sanction.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Les livres pontificaux attestent que l’appel au peuple existait même sous les rois, et nos livres auguraux l’indiquent également. Les Douze Tables montrent aussi, par plusieurs lois, qu’il était permis d’en appeler de tout jugement et de toute peine. Le fait transmis par la tradition que les décemvirs chargés de rédiger les lois furent créés sans appel suffit à montrer que les autres magistrats n’étaient pas soustraits à l’appel. La loi consulaire de Lucius Valerius Potitus et de Marcus Horatius Barbatus, hommes sagement favorables au peuple dans l’intérêt de la concorde, établit qu’aucun magistrat ne serait créé sans droit d’appel. Quant aux trois lois Porcia, dues, comme vous le savez, à trois membres de la famille des Porcii, elles n’apportèrent rien de nouveau hormis leur sanction.
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