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Tribune in sentence

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He used his military influence and personal wealth to stack the Senate in his favor, while retaining the powers of a tribune and the right to celebrate military triumphs.
Lucius could choose, at 17, to become a military tribune and command soldiers on the edge of the Empire.
Johnson is a tribune of the people who grew up with the privileges of the 1%; a child of immigrants who campaigned for closed borders; a Conservative who wants to upend the political order; an erudite man who mocks expertise; and a cosmopolitan who casually calls black people “piccaninnies.”
The Vichy state’s brand of authoritarian traditionalism lionized family and fatherland, with Pétain, a former military commander, serving as a kind of military king, exalted on the tribune.
But he has been an anti-globalist tribune for many alienated workers and young people who fear for their economic future.
But so many Americans have invested themselves fully in opposing the unelected bureaucrats of the “deep state” that Trumpism could live on without its namesake, perhaps led by a new tribune – threatening more years of chaos and division.
LONDON – The idea that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is a man of the people, a tribune of the common man fighting the established elites, might seem anomalous, even outright bizarre.
The elections some day, the tribune in a gorgeous hall, where he could thunder against the middle class in the first speech pronounced by a workman in a parliament.
He already saw himself in the tribune, triumphing with the people, if the people did not devour him.
"If it is thy creation, gladly!" answered the young tribune; "if not, I prefer conversation.
Petronius cast a quick passing glance at Lygia; little Aulus, seeing Vinicius, ran to greet him; but the young tribune, going forward, bent his head before the beautiful maiden, who stood with a ball in her hand, her hair blown apart a little.
At moments the advance grew so difficult that the lampadarii cried,--"Give way to the noble tribune, Marcus Vinicius!"
The lampadarii had to cry oftener and oftener, "Give way to the litter of the noble tribune!"From the sides unknown people crowded up to the litter so much that Atacinus commanded the slaves to repulse them with clubs.
But the chief centurion smiled at him in a friendly manner, then advanced a number of steps, and said,--"A greeting, noble tribune.
And putting his arm around the young tribune, he conducted him from the palace as quickly as possible.
Let that man wait to-morrow in my house for the arrival of the tribune, whom thou wilt request in my name to meet me here."
Only have confidence, honored tribune, and know that if thou wert to lose the string of thy sandal I should find it, or him who picked it up on the street."
Hast thou not seen, honored tribune, some statuette, some offering, some token, some amulet on Pomponia or thy divine Lygia?
"A greeting and honor to the noble tribune of the army, and to thee, lord," said Chilo, entering.
"Ah! worthy tribune, even gods are not always grateful, and what must the case be with men?True, he should be thankful.
No, worthy tribune!
Dost hear, noble tribune?
"I, noble tribune, promised thee to point out Lygia, but I did not promise to take her away for thee.
Chilo, emboldened by the young tribune's delight, regained power of speech and began to give advice.
That Roman military tribune, convinced that the power of the sword and the fist which had conquered the world, would command it forever, saw for the first time in life that beyond that power there might be something else; hence he asked himself with amazement what it was.
"I should rather carry a sheep which died of mange a month ago," answered the gladiator; "but give that purse, bestowed by the worthy tribune, and I will bear thee to the gate."
At the first glance the young tribune recognized Ursus.
In his soul he judged yet that the young tribune's method was unwise; considering, however, Croton's terrible strength, he admitted that it might succeed, and thought, "If it go hard with him, Vinicius can carry the girl, and Croton clear the way."
But this thought was not disagreeable; for Chilo understood that in that event he would be necessary again to Vinicius, and could squeeze afresh a goodly number of sestertia from the tribune.
The young tribune, in whose head the distinction between things possible and impossible had grown involved and faint since the discourse of the Apostle in Ostrianum, was also not too far from supposing that that might take place.
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