The subsellia were benches in the Forum Romanum where the plebeian tribunes would sit during the day in order to be available to Roman citizens.[1]
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The subsellia were benches in the Forum Romanum where the plebeian tribunes would sit during the day in order to be available to Roman citizens. The tribunes'...
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