The time has arrived when a reform should be instituted in regard to the magistracy.
The magistracy has undergone something of a revolution in recent years.
I have no authority to make recommendations to him on the subject of the county magistracy.
The traditional magistracies were only available to citizens of the senatorial class.
At last, the plebeian tribunes had broken the patrician monopoly on the highest magistracies of the state.
His powers within the state seem to have rested upon these magistracies.
Before long, plebs were also admitted, although they were denied the senior magistracies for a longer period.
All magistracies and the tribunes of the plebs had resigned in advance.
