• Instrumentum regni (literally, "instrument of monarchy", therefore "of government") is a Latin phrase perhaps inspired by Tacitus, used to express the...
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    and the 9mm Parabellum cartridges). Big stick ideology Chicken game Instrumentum regni Peace through strength Security dilemma Vegetius Renatus, Flavius...
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  • Judge Idiot/idiocy (Athenian democracy) – Person of low intelligence Instrumentum regni – Exploitation of religion by State or ecclesiastical polity as a...
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    that belief maintained the cohesion of the empire, operating as an instrumentum regni. In the classical era, the existence of gods was actively debated...
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    that the power of naming the Pontifices was not really used as an instrumentum regni, an enforcing power.[citation needed] From this point on, pontifex...
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  • the 17th inst."—ult. mense = last month, prox. mense = next month. Instrumentum regni instrument of government Used to express the exploitation of religion...
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    Greek historian Polybius described superstition in ancient Rome as an instrumentum regni, an instrument of maintaining the cohesion of the Empire. Superstition...
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  • the 17th inst."—ult. mense = last month, prox. mense = next month. Instrumentum regni instrument of government Used to express the exploitation of religion...
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    in Naamkunde 7 (1975), pp. 1-6. Inscriptions in Celtic language on instrumentum were discovered in Bavai and in Arras (cf. P-Y. Lambert, La langue gauloise...
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    Sheppard; Tomlin, R.S.O. (eds.). Roman Inscriptions of Britain. Vol. II: Instrumentum Domesticum. Fasc. I. The Military diplomata; metal ingots; tesserae;...
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    directed by the Coronation rite prescribed in the Roman Pontifical, an instrumentum pacis was used, the Emperor receiving the greeting from the senior assistant...
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