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Excerpt from The History of the Revolutions That Happened in the Government of the Roman Republic, Vol. 1: To Which Is Prefixed, a Translation of a Memorial Sent From London by the Late Earl Stanhope to the Abbot De Vertot at Paris Employments, except the Cenforihip, were only Annual. A Conful, at the Expiration of his Confulate, retain'd no more Autho rity than what his perlonal Merit gave him: And after having commanded the Armies of the Republic in chief, he was often' feen to ferve in thofe very Armies under his Succeffor. He cou'd not enjoy the Confu late again, 'till after an interval of Ten Years; and that great Dignity was hardly ever left too long in the fame Farmlv for fear the Government might infenfibly grow Hereditary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.