in the papal states’ california colonies, in the old wild west, roaming legati kept the peace. even the threat of sending a legatus a latere, literally “from (the pope’s) side,” could pacify a region—because it didn’t refer to the legate, but the gun.
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in the papal states’ california colonies, in the old wild west, roaming legati kept the peace. even the threat of sending a legatus a latere, literally “from (the pope’s) side,” could pacify a region—because it didn’t refer to the legate, but the gun.