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Two More Senators
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 February 2009
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I Should like to draw attention to two little-known inscriptions of republican senators; both men deserve notice in that each of them may illustrate the early stages of the recruitment of provincial senators, from Transpadane and Narbonese Gaul respectively.
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page 158 note 1 I am grateful for the advice and suggestions of Mr. M. W. Frederiksen and Dr. E. Badian.
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