suffragia

Byzantine history

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In Justinian I: Internal policy of Justinian I
…was the prohibition of the suffragia, or sale of provincial governorships, in 535, for it was clear that new governors’ desire to recoup the heavy initial expense of purchasing their office accounted for much extortion inflicted by them upon the provincial populaces. Instructions were drawn up for provincial governors, and…
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