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 CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I

THE EARLIEST CONSTITUTION OF ROME

SECT.

1. Early Italian associations; the pagus, vicus, gens, 1. Growth of the city of Rome, 2. Foreign influences on Roman life, 3.

2. Origin of the Patricians, 4; of the Plebeians, 5. Clientship, 7.

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.

4. The populus Romanus, 33. Rights of the citizen, 35. Auspicium, 36. The tribes, 40. The army, 41. The curiae, 41.

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.