Show roman way with peace negotiators in the brave days day s of the early roman republic the consuls might indeed negotiate and sign treaties of peace on their own responsibility but if the senate and people failed to ratify the correct practice was to surrender the consuls to the enemy thus ne according cording to cicero de Offic officials ils in III 30 titus Vot Vet urlus and Spurl pos were delivered up to the sam with whom they had negotiated an unsatisfactory pence and on oa a much later occasion calus Man marclous clous 0 who had negotiated a peace treaty with the hie which the senate tailed failed to ratify was on his own motion surrendered to the enemy New rik no public |