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<p>Storting) and the <a href="page.php?w=Isle_of_Man">Isle of Man</a> (the <a href="page.php?w=Tynwald">Tynwald</a>). </p>

<p><big>Early attestations</big></p>
<p>The first detailed description of a thing was made by <a href="page.php?w=Tacitus">Tacitus</a> in 98 CE. Tacitus suggested that the things were annual delegate-based meetings that served legal and military functions.</p>

<p>The oldest written reference to a thing is on a stone pillar found along <a href="page.php?w=Hadrian%27s_Wall">Hadrian's Wall</a> at <a href="page.php?w=Housesteads_Roman_Fort">Housesteads Roman Fort</a></p><p>
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