5 sentences with 'consul'
Example sentences and phrases with the word consul and other words derived from it.
• « However, consular authority was limited by the fact that terms were only one year and each consul was expected to keep the other in check if necessary. »
• « An example of Romanitas in action was the role of dictator. A Roman dictator, even more than a consul, was expected to embody Romanitas, leading Rome through a period of crisis but then voluntarily relinquishing power. »
• « Gaius Marius was both consul (elected an unprecedented seven times) and general, and used his power to remove the property requirement for membership of the army. This allowed the poor to join the army for nothing more than an oath of allegiance, one they took to their general rather than to the Republic. »
• « He used the Senate to maintain a façade of republican government, instructing senators on what actions to take; a good example is that the Senate "asked" him to remain consul for life, which he graciously accepted. »
• « Not to be deterred, Polk encouraged Thomas O. Larkin, the American consul in Monterrey, to help American settlers and Californios, the Mexicans living in the state, who wanted to proclaim their independence from Mexico. »