CONTENTS
(The references are to the pages)
CHAPTER I
THE EARLIEST CONSTITUTION OF ROME
The Growth of the City
SECT.
1. Early Italian associations; the pagus, vicus, gens, 1. Growth of the
city of Rome, 2. Foreign influences on Roman life, 3.
The Elements of the Population—Patricians, Plebeians,
Clients
2. Origin of the Patricians, 4; of the Plebeians, 5. Clientship, 7.
Roman Family Organisation
3. The gens, 9. The familia, 18. The nexus, 24. Slavery, 24. Transmission
of property and forms of testament, 26. Caput, 31. Capitis
deminutio, 32.
The Citizens and the Political Subdivisions of the State
4. The populus Romanus, 33. Rights of the citizen, 35. Auspicium, 36.
The tribes, 40. The army, 41. The curiae, 41.
The Monarchical Constitution
5. Relation of the king to the people, 42. Titles and insignia of the king,
44. Mode of appointment of the king, 45. Religious character of the
monarchy, 51. The rule of fas, 52. Civil powers of the king, 57. The
Senate of the monarchy, 58. Consilia of the king, 61. Delegates of
the king, 61. Jurisdiction of the monarchy, 62.
