Post ubi regium imperium, quod initio conservandae libertatis atque augendae rei publicae fuerat, in superbiam dominationemque se convortit, inmutato more annua imperia binosque imperatores sibi fecere; eo modo minume posse putabant per licentiam insolescere animum humanum.
Later, when royal power, which at first had tended to preserve freedom and advance the state, had changed into haughty tyranny, they altered their past practice and created for themselves annually twin chief executives, thinking that in this way mens minds would be least able to become overbearing through unlimited authority.
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