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Caesar CXXXVII

Plenipotentiaries

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"When he objected to this and finally refused, the Romans also at once saw that he clearly condemned himself and had no confidence in his case; but as they wished by any and every means to put an end to the war, they went on insisting until he consented to send by sea to Pergamus plenipotentiaries empowered to make peace on the terms dictated by the legates." (Polybius, 24.14) .

 

Reffering to the year 180 BCE .

Can anyone tell what the name (although not Roman) stands for ?

 

Thanks

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From The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised):

 

plenipotentiary /plnp'tn()ri/

 

→ noun

(pl. plenipotentiaries) a person, especially a diplomat, invested with the full power of independent action on behalf of their government, typically in a foreign country.

 

→ adjective

having full power to take independent action: [postpositive] a minister plenipotentiary.

 

 

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