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Show Roman Way With Peace Negotiators In the brave days of Ihe early Roman Ro-man republic the consuls might Indeed In-deed negotiate and sign treaties of !i ace on their own responsibility. Bui If the senate and people failed to ratify, rat-ify, the correct practice was to surrender sur-render the consuls to the enemy. Thus, according to Cicero (De Olllclls III., :0) Tilus Veturlus and Spurius Pos-tumlus Pos-tumlus were delivered up to the Sam-nites. Sam-nites. with whom they had negotiated an unsatisfactory peace. And oa u much later occasion Calus Manclnus, vlrt had negotiated a peace treaty with the Numantlnl Which the senate failed to ratify, was on his own motion surrendered to the enemy. New Republic. |