i.  14.)  A*  the  meeting  eculd  not  be  prohnged  after
nmieC,  and  tim  buiineia  waa  to  be  ean^eted  ia
one  day,  it  lomelimei  happened  that  it  «a*  obliged
to  break  up  before  the  electian  wai  coaapleled,  and
that  tbcwi  who  were  elected  filled  up  the  kgitinau
number  of  the  college  by  cDoptatio.  <LdT.l.c)  Bat
in  order  to  prevent  Ihii  irregularity  the  tribane
L.  Treboniui  in  44B  B.  c  goE  on  ocdlnance  puard,
accorduig  to  which  the  college  of  the  tribraea
ahonld  neter  be  tompleted  by  cooplatia,  bat  the
election*  ahonld  be  continued  on  (lie  ■eeond  day,
if  they  were  not  completed  isa  the  fint,  tin  Ik*
number  ten  wai  made  up^  (lit.  Hi.  64,  SS,  t.  10;
comp.  Niebuhr,  ii.  p.S83.)  The  place  whtte  tlw
election  of  the  tribunes  waa  held  wsi  ongina%
and  lawfully  the  Forum,  afterwarda  tlaa  tl^
Campni  Martini,  and  aometimo  the  area  of  ika

We  now  proceed  to  trace  the  gradoal  gnwth  of
the  tribunitian  power.  Altho<^  in  engine  oh^
ractcr  wai  merely  aoiilium  or  0e4f«n  agaiut  {>-
trician  magiatratee,  the  plebeiin*  appear  ouly  ta
have  regarded  their  tribnnei  aim  aa  mediatan  a*
arbitraton  in  nutttera  amcag  themielvei.  Thia
atatement  of  Lydni  (d»  M-^i^  L  38,  44;  Dianya.
