City Government in Rome XIII Century
The Roman populace did not like to abandon its dreams of reviving its ancient institutions and . forms of government. In. varying degrees it maintained representative institutions despite the varying opposition of either Pope . or Emperor. The Pope reserved:'the. right of approval -of
popular choice. The Emperor sometimes vetoed the approval or supported those who had not obtained it, and the unfortunate Chief Magistrates frequently found themselves with three unequal masters.
The new Roman senate commenced to issue coinage which bore on one side St. Peter delivering a banner to a kneeling senator and on the reverse the Saviour. The device ’’Roma Caput Mundi” (Rome. Head of the World); SPQR (Senate and People of Rome)” seems a bold claim for a city with no industries and no commence to support its declining and povertystricken masses who depended for sustenance, like their imperial predecessors, on public bounty or the protection of the warring nobles.
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Cue (NZERS), 1 June 1944, Page 11
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