The bottom line is, you want a legal separation agreement that will protect you during a separation in case your spouse fails to live up to his/her obligations as outlined in the agreement. You want an agreement that will hold up in court should you have to go to court to have it enforced.
tribÂ·une 1. n. 1. An officer of ancient Rome elected by the plebeians to protect their rights from arbitrary acts of the patrician magistrates.
Also the Roman Tribunes(officers of the people) are in correspondance to the ombudsman of many western countries. And also the Roman Empire right up to towards the end had the common touch which is indicitive of many of the countries in the world today. The Roman Empire had influence in two main areas of philosophy. One, the general subject of philosophy itself and two, the type of philosopy it has past down to the western world. The Romans were great copiers and looters. They looted everything including abstract ideas.