REVOLUTION Copy link • REVOLUTIONRotation, circular motion, circumactio: circumactus: ambitus (solis): ☞ not revolutio, which is very late; Augustin. Change in a state or government, rerum publicarum commutatio or conversio: rerum mutatio: res commutatae: civilis pertuibatio, seditio (tumult, disorder). To seek or endeavor to effect a revolution, res novas quaerere or moliri; novis rebus studere; rerum evertendarum cupidum esse: to promote disturbances and revolutions in a state, novos motus conversionesque reipublicae quaerere.