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provision seems to have been made for the publication even of recent measures; but those which were considered important were originally painted on wood and later engraved on bronze, and fixed in temples or other public places.[1]

  1. See the evidences collected by Mommsen (Staatsr. iii. pp. 418-419). It is from this practice that figere and refigere are used of the publication and annulling of laws.