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.

_THE SERVIAN CONSTITUTION_

6. Social changes that led to the Servian reform, 65. The Servian tribes, 66. Registration for military purposes; the new organisation of the army, 68. The _census_, 69. Transference of political rights to the new assembly of the centuries, 75. The close of the monarchy, 76.

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