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Quotes About Consulship

The fortunate ?tius, who was immediately promoted to the rank of patrician, and thrice invested with the honors of the consulship, assumed, with the title of master of the cavalry and infantry, the whole military power of the state;
~ Edward Gibbon
At the heart of the crisis lay the simple fact that Caesar, if he were permitted to progress seamlessly from Gaul to a second consulship, would at no stage be a private citizen. This, to many, was intolerable—for only a private citizen could be brought to trial.
~ Tom Holland
Rome, fortunately natal 'neath my consulship!
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero