# Noctes Atticae 13.12.9

Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae, Book 13, Chapter 12. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/aulus-gellius/noctes-atticae/13.12.9

Sed quaerentibus nobis quam ob causam tribuni, qui haberent summam coercendi potestatem, ius vocandi non habuerint ..., quod tribuni plebis antiquitus creati videntur non iuri dicundo nec causis querelisque de absentibus noscendis, sed intercessionibus faciendis quibus usus praesens fuisset, ut iniuria quae coram fieret arceretur; ac propterea ius abnoctandi ademptum, quoniam, ut vim fieri vetarent, adsiduitate eorum et praesentium oculis opus erat.

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Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae, ed. John C. Rolfe. Text: the Perseus Digital Library, canonical-latinLit, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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