Marc Antony Quotes
No colonist shall organize any assemblage or meeting or conspiracy in the said colony
Member of the Triumvirate. This was the set of laws for the Roman colony in Urso, Spain. It is much like Roman law and it is very valuable because so much of it has been preserved whereas the laws of Rome itself comes to us in fragments and from secondary sources. There was no right of assembly in the dictatorial Roman Empire and a person needed approval even to stage a play. This law was actually drafted by Julius Caesar. Antony later issued it.
Marc Antony, 83 B.C.-30 B.C., Roman Ruler Charter of Urso, 44 B.C.
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Marcus Antonius, commonly known in English as Mark Antony or Anthony, was a Roman politician and general who played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic from a constitutional republic into the autocratic Roman Empire.
