Μεσοβασιλεύς
interrex
Translated by David Whitehead10 Jul 2001Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
After the death of Romulus, with Rome in anarchy, for a whole year the senate exercized authority over public affairs, allocating executive power for five days at a time to the most distinguished of the senators; to these it gave the name interreges.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μεσοβασιλεύς· μετὰ θάνατον Ῥωμύλου, ἀναρχίας οὔσης ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ, ἐνιαυτὸν ὅλον ἡ σύγκλητος τὸ κῦρος τῶν κοινῶν εἶχε πραγμάτων πενθήμερον ἀρχὴν τοῖς ἐπιφανεστέροις τῶν βουλευτῶν ἐκ διαδοχῆς κατανέμουσα· οὓς μεσοβασιλεῖς ὠνόμασεν.
Betacode
*mesobasileu/s: meta\ qa/naton *(rwmu/lou, a)narxi/as ou)/shs e)n th=| *(rw/mh|, e)niauto\n o(/lon h( su/gklhtos to\ ku=ros tw=n koinw=n ei)=xe pragma/twn penqh/meron a)rxh\n toi=s e)pifaneste/rois tw=n bouleutw=n e)k diadoxh=s katane/mousa: ou(\s mesobasilei=s w)no/masen.
Notes
- The headword
mesobasileu/s is a loan-translation of the Latin interrex (LSJ entry at web address 1); again, in the plural, at nu 515, q.v. For this extraordinary office of the early and middle Roman Republic see OCD(4) p.739.
The present entry's material, at any rate from 'for a whole year' onwards, is John of Antioch fr.32 FHG (4.553), now 59 Roberto.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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