Why were roman consuls awarded the power of the veto

Because they were always to consuls in power at a given point of time .

I hope that's help !

"the sandy walls seemed to collapse in on themselves"

and

"the bloodshot waters seemed to have no bottom"

you didn't provide the passage.

explanation:

seeing as this is your first question on i can see why you may have not known that you need to provide the passage.

without the passage, or even the name of the passage, we can not read the passage, therefore we can not determine when or how the pacing effects the tone.

however, you can either repost this question (providing the passage this time)

or you can comment below what the passage is, and i'll you to the best of my ability!