Originally intended as assistants to the tribunes, they exercised certain police functions, were empowered to inflict fines and managed the plebeian and Roman games.

Originally designed to breach fortifications, they have evolved from nearly static installations intended to reduce a single obstacle to highly mobile weapons of great flexibility in which now reposes the greater portion of a modern army's offensive capabilities.

Originally intended for writing compilers for other languages, BCPL is no longer in common use.

Originally intended as a patent medicine when it was invented in the late 19th century by John Pemberton, Coca-Cola was bought out by businessman Asa Griggs Candler, whose marketing tactics led Coke to its dominance of the world soft-drink market throughout the 20th century.

Originally, Poe intended to call the journal The Penn, as it would have been based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Originally intended to be unkillable, SOE prevented a raid of several guilds on Rallos Zek server from potentially killing him, claiming the existence of a bug.

Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth ′ s equator to the North Pole ( at sea level ), its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology.

Originally intended to serve as a family residence, it was at times vacated to host important guests, such as Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany in 1898, and Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia in 1936.

Originally intended for adults, the show evolved into primarily a children's entertainment in the late Victorian era.

Originally intended to replace the company's iconic 911, the 928 combined the power, poise, and handling of a sports car with the refinement, comfort, and equipment of a luxury sedan to create what some Porsche executives thought would be a vehicle with wider appeal than the compact, quirky and sometimes difficult 911.

Originally intended to be a concert venue until concerns were raised about increased traffic problems in the already congested streets, it was ruled that it should serve a gastronomic purpose only.

Originally, Enterprise had been intended to be refitted for orbital flight, which would have made it the second space shuttle to fly after Columbia.

Originally intended as an aid to travel over snow they are now mainly used recreationally in the sport of skiing.

Originally intended to be an outer-space variation on Lord of the Flies, the project at first was titled " Asteroid Ship Icarus " and had a multinational teenage crew journeying through space in a hollowed-out asteroid in search of the planet Iscandar.

Originally " born out of frustration ", according to the author, with programmers devising their own languages intended to be embedded into applications, Tcl gained acceptance on its own.

Originally Traveller was intended to be a system for playing generic space opera-themed science fiction adventures in much the same sense that Dungeons & Dragons was a system intended for generic fantasy adventures.

Originally intended as a B-side, " Fools Gold " quickly became the Roses ' most famous song and a performance of it on Top of the Pops cemented their national fame.

Originally, this layer was intended for point-to-point and point-to-multipoint media, characteristic of wide area media in the telephone system.

Originally intended as the book or text weight for Zapf's Palatino font family, it was instead released as a separate family.

Originally, the Crusaders intended to relieve the beleaguered Christian stronghold of Acre, but Louis had been diverted to Tunis.

Originally intended for children, it has the form of a chocolate egg containing a small toy, often requiring assembly.

Originally intended as a temporary measure, it becomes a tourist attraction and an iconic symbol of the island.

Originally the western border of Missouri was intended to go due south to the Red River.

Originally, in the screenplay, who the two people were and the city they spend time in was vague.

Originally the Rangiora Borough Council resolved to spend only ₤ 6000 to build and furnish the hall, was obliged to loan some ₤ 8000 pounds from the Christchurch Tramway Board to finance the construction of the hall, outraging residents at the prospects of having to pay increased rates.

Originally estimated at £ 3. 7 million the total construction costs increased on a regular basis to £ 5. 6 million (£ 5, 595, 138 on 10 August 2000 to be precise ) and finally overspent by an additional £ 1. 1 million ( British Waterways contributed £ 510, 000 towards that over spend ).

Originally from Germany, he is a kind-hearted, wise and caring man, taking the time to talk and spend time with each child as well as directing their education.

Originally intended as the first stop for men sentenced to transportation, they would spend a period in separate confinement before being transferred to Spike Island and transported from there to Van Diemen's Land.

Originally it was only available during a few months of the year, but it is now grown in greenhouses and is available year-round.

Originally called Dominion Day (), the name was changed in 1982, the year the Canada Act was passed.

Originally specified in 1958, Lisp is the second-oldest high-level programming language in widespread use today ; only Fortran is older ( by one year ).

Originally called the " Magic Cube ", the puzzle was licensed by Rubik to be sold by Ideal Toy Corp. in 1980 via German businessman Tibor Laczi and Seven Towns founder Tom Kremer, and won the German Game of the Year special award for Best Puzzle that year.

Originally, under Article I, Section 4, Clause 2, the Congress was required to convene at least once each year on the first Monday in December.

Originally appointed regent for his infant nephew Amyntas IV, who was the son of Perdiccas III, Philip managed to take the kingdom for himself that same year.

Originally, the reverse side had a relief profile of Antoinette Perry ; today it contains the winner's name, award category, production and year.

Originally created as Lafayette National Park in 1919, the first National Park East of the Mississippi, The forest fire was one of a series of fires that consumed much of Maine's forest as a result of a dry year.

Originally the specific cut-off year was given as 1983 ( which was still a speculative date when the novels were first published ) but this was later updated to 2008.

Originally, according to the myth, the year was only 360 days long and Nut was sterile during these days, unable to bear children.

Originally containing only Findlay Township, the county would add Amanda and Welfare ( now Delaware ) townships later in April of that year.

Originally a part of Imperial Calcasieu Parish, it became a separate entity in the year 1912.

Originally from Eastern India, it was dedicated in 43rd year of reign of Mahipala I ( c. 1043 AD ).

Originally part of Royal Oak Township, Madison Heights incorporated as a city by popular vote on January 17, 1955, and chartered on December 6 that same year, becoming the tenth city government in southern Oakland County.

Originally, Abner Harrell's house, one of the largest buildings in the town, remained standing until about the year 2000, when the land it stood on was purchased and the house torn down.

Originally it was a grass airfield used by the No 601 Squaron Auxiliary Air Force from 6 January 1942 until April of that year.

Originally introduced in the 1986 model year, it has remained in near-continuous production for more than two decades, making it the fourth oldest nameplate that is currently sold in the North American Ford lineup.

Originally less common as a military weapon than the jian-the straight, double-edged blade of China-the dao became popular with cavalry during the Han dynasty due to its sturdiness, superiority as a chopping weapon, and relative ease of use-it was generally said that it takes a week to attain competence with a dao / saber, a month to attain competence with a qiang / spear, and a year to attain competence with a jian / straight sword.

Originally from a middle-class background, her love affair with Ridge set up much of the storyline beginning in the first year.

Originally aired as one half-hour episode per week for a limited run, it is now broadcast year round in four episodes per week.

Originally a comic strip on the now defunct El Mundo newspaper, Turey debuted at Puerto Rico's news stands as a magazine in October of that year.

Originally produced for the PBS series American Playhouse, it was given a theatrical release instead ( although PBS did subsequently air it a year later ).

Originally named Orange County Airport, the county Board of Supervisors renamed it in 1979 to honor the actor John Wayne, who resided in neighboring Newport Beach and died that year.

Originally at the intersection of U. S. Route 99 and Norris Road, the following year it was moved one mile east to its current location.