Vērum dīgnitās tribūnōrum mīlitārium nōn diū persevērāvit. Nam post aliquantum nūllōs placuit fierī et quadriennium in urbe ita fluxit, ut potestātēs ibi māiōrēs nōn essent. Praesūmpsērunt tamen tribūnī mīlitārēs cōnsulārī potestāte iterum dīgnitātem et trienniō persevērāvērunt. Rūrsus cōnsulēs factī.

    dīgnitās: "political office, magistracy"

    tribūnōrum mīlitārium: military tribunes

    placuit: "it was pleasing" = "they determined" (Hazzard), with an indirect discourse construction following (AG 577)

    quadriennium: from 375-372 BCE the tribunes of the plebs, Licinius and Sextius, refused to allow military tribunes or consuls to be elected. From 370–367 BCE military tribunes were again elected. In 367 BCE the Licinian-Sextian rogations allowed for one of the consuls to be plebeians, and in 366 BCE L. Sextius was the first plebeian to be elected consul, a fact omitted by Eutropius, but stressed by Livy (Bird).

    ita fluxit: lit., "it flowed so" = "there was such a disturbance" (Hazzard). ita anticipates the following result clause signaled by ut (AG 537).

    potestātēs... māiōrēs: "chief magistrates" (LS potestās II.B)

    factī: "were elected", supply sunt

    Core Vocabulary | Numbers | Dates

    vērum [vērus, true], adv. truly, certainly; but
    mīlitāris, e [mīles], adj.

    military; as subst., a soldier; rēs mīlitāris, the art of war, military operations

    persevērō, āre, āvī, ātus to persist, persevere
    aliquantus, a, um, adj. some, considerable
    quadriennium, adv. for a period of four years
    praesūmō, ere, ūmpsī, ūmptum to resume, take up
    cōnsulāris, e [cōnsul], adj.

    of a consul, of consular rank; as subst., an ex—consul

    triennium, ī [trēs + annus], n. the space of three years, three years
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