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12 Assyrian Identity
10 Judiciary and legislature
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
12 Assyrian Identity
Keywords
calendars
Chaldeans
Period
1st century BCE
Roman Empire
Channel
Roman philosophers and scholars
Text
Suits could be brought only on certain days according to the Roman calendar.
Cicero, Pro Murena 25: In former times very few knew whether or not an action at law could be brought; for the calendar was not publicly known. Those who gave legal decisions had great power; they were asked to indicate the day on which a suit could be brought as if they were Chaldean astrologers.
Louis, E. Lord. Cicero, In Catilinam I-IV, Pro Murena, Pro Sulla, Pro Flacco. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, London: Heinemann 1967.
