3) observes three powers in the Roman constitution.

The monarchical was represented and exercised by the consuls.] [Footnote 12: As the tribunitian power (distinct from the annual office) was first invented by the dictator Caesar, (Dion, l.xliv.p.

384,) we may easily conceive, that it was given as a reward for having so nobly asserted, by arms, the sacred rights of the tribunes and people.

See his own Commentaries, de Bell.Civil.l.

i.] [Footnote 13: Augustus exercised nine annual consulships without interruption.