concept
intercession
also: intercessio
A tribune's or colleague's formal veto blocking a magisterial act or a vote; the chief weapon on both sides of the Licinian struggle.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 6 §35 intercession
A tribune's (or colleague's) formal veto blocking a magisterial act or a vote; the patricians armed rival tribunes with it against the Licinian bills.