interregnum

Reading notes

• The History of Rome, Book 5 §17 an interregnum

  The stop-gap rule, by a succession of five-day interreges, when the regular magistrates had lapsed and fresh auspices were needed to hold elections.

• The History of Rome, Book 6 §5 an interregnum

  The stop-gap rule, by a succession of interreges, when the regular magistrates had lapsed and fresh auspices were needed to hold elections.

• The History of Rome, Book 22 §33 interregnum

  The period between consular terms when the auspices reverted to the patrician senators.

• The History of Rome, Book 35 §5 an interregnum

  The stopgap rule by successive interreges when no consul was present to hold elections.