Note 035
The republican plan of Arnold of Brescia is thus stated by Gunther: -

Quin etiam titulos urbis renovare vetustos;
Nomine plebeio secernere nomen equestre,
Jura tribunorum, sanctum reparare senatum,
Et senio fessas mutasque reponere leges.
Lapsa ruinosis, et adhuc pendentia muris
Reddere primaevo Capitolia prisca nitori.

But of these reformations, some were no more than ideas, others no more than words.

The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 69