CHAPTER VIII

THE ORGANISATION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE PROVINCES

Origin of provincial government, 316. The conception of a _provincia_, 317. Free and allied cities, 317. _Stipendiariae civitates_; the _lex provinciae_, 318. Taxation, 319. The governor and his staff, 322. The spheres of administration, 324. Jurisdiction, 325. The provincial edict, 326. General estimate of provincial government, 328.

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