Any motion that had the support of the Senate but was vetoed was recorded in the annals as a " senatus auctoritas ", while any motion that was passed and not vetoed was recorded as a " senatus consultum ".
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The " lex Publilia " modified this process, requiring the " auctoritas patrum " to be passed before a law could be voted on by one of the assemblies, rather than after the law had already been voted on.
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Similarly, " auctoritas " refers to rightful ownership, based on one's having " produced " or homesteaded the article of property in question-more in the sense of " sponsored " or " acquired " than " manufactured ".
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In the letter Gelasius expressed a distinction between " two powers ", which he called the " holy authority of bishops " ( " auctoritas sacrata pontificum " ) and the " royal power " ( " regalis potestas " ).
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However, by 38 BC, the year he was elected Livia Drusilla, and by doing so, he attached his " auctoritas " to Octavianus s rising power and fortune, and was greatly rewarded by Octavianus in the years to come.
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Initially, the theory implied the'first citizen'had to earn his extraordinary position ( " de facto " evolving to nearly absolute monarchy ) by merit in the style that Augustus himself had gained the position of " auctoritas ".
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Ernst Kantorowicz's famous theory of " the king's two bodies " ( 1957 ) showed how auctoritas ( Kantorowicz used the synonym term here of " dignitas " ) was transferred from the defunct sovereign to the new one.
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However, a legalistic notion of popular sovereignty does not necessarily imply an effective, functioning democracy : a party or even an individual dictator may claim to represent the will of the people, and rule in its name, pretending to detain " auctoritas ".
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Hortensius, a Plebeian, passed a law called the " Hortensian Law " ( " lex Hortensia " ), which ended the requirement that an " auctoritas patrum " be passed before any bill could be considered by either the Plebeian Council or the Tribal Assembly.
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Hortensius, a Plebeian, passed a law called the " Hortensian Law " ( " Lex Hortensia " ), which ended the requirement that an " auctoritas patrum " be passed before any bill could be considered by either the Plebeian Council or the Tribal Assembly.
