succession Copy link Outline I. Following in office, etc.II. Unbroken order1. contĭnuātio2. sĕries, ei, f.3. grădus, ūs, m. (in pl.4. vĭcissĭtūdo (alternate s.) • succession: I. Following in office, etc.: successio: whose s. is certain, quorum non dubia s., Tac. Ann. 4, 12: s. to the empire, s. principatus, Suet. Tib. 25: rights of s. (hereditary rights), jura successionum, Tac. Germ. 32: s. to any one, s. in locum alicujus, Auct. Ep. Brut. 1, 17: removal of pain brings on a s. of pleasure, doloris amotio s. efficit voluptatis, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37: religious rights handed down by hereditary s., traditae per manus religiones, Liv. 5, 51: cf. Sall. J. 63: a war of s., *bellum de dubiâ regni, imperii, principatus successione conflatum. II. Unbroken order: 1. contĭnuātio: the unchangeable s. of eternal order, immutabilis c. ordinis sempiterni, Cic. Acad. 1., 7., fin.: s. of labours, c. laborum, Suet. Tib. 21, fin. 2. sĕries, ei, f.: s. of countless years, innumerabilis annorum s., Hor. Od. 3, 30, 5: cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 4, fin. 3. grădus, ūs, m. (in pl.: regular s.): s. of duties, g. officiorum, Cic. Off. 1, 45, 160. 4. vĭcissĭtūdo (alternate s.): s. of days and nights, v. dierum noctiumque, Cic. Leg. 2., 7, 16. Adverbially: in s., ex ordine, Cic. Agr. 1, 24: Virg. Georg. 4, 507: continuâ serie, Plin. 7, 41, 42: in orbem: v. rotation: Phr.: in r.: he got several magistracies in s.. magistratum alium post alium sibi peperit, Sall. J. 63: three years in s., triennium continuum, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 61: three days in s., triduum c., Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 145: v. successive, successively.