The Roman colonies, in the time of Augustus, voted in their colonies, and sent their votes to Rome.
The Romans very exact in their book-keeping; in so much, that a crime, such as bribery or poisoning, could be proved or refuted from their books.—Cic. pro Cluentio.
They also kept commentaries or ephemerides, wherein every action or word was wrote down; at least Augustus practised this with his daughters and nieces.—Sueton.
In Nero's time, 30,000 buried in one autumn, while there was a plague.
Machiavel makes it a question, whether absolute power is best founded on the nobility or the people. In my opinion, a subject who usurps upon a free state, cannot trust the nobles, and must caress the people. This was the case with the Roman emperors. But an established monarchy is better founded on the nobles.
When the Lex Licinia was promulgated, the senate voted that it should be binding from that moment, as if it had been voted by the people.
In 1721, the English and Dutch drew more money from Spain than France did.—Dict. de Com.
There is computed to be 3000 tun of gold in the bank of Amsterdam, at 100,000 florins a tun.—Id.
A ship of 50 or 60 tun has commonly seven hands, and increases a man every 10 tun.—Id.
The French commerce sunk much about the middle of the seventeenth century, by reason of their infidelity in their goods.—Id.