appeal

Reading notes

• The History of Rome, Book 4 §13 the laws concerning appeal

  A citizen's right of appeal to the people against a magistrate's coercion, which the consuls cited as limiting their power to punish.

• The History of Rome, Book 6 §10 struck with the axe

  The magistrate's power of capital punishment, here exercised on the authors of Nepete's betrayal; against citizens it was checked by the right of appeal (provocatio).