The Roman assemblies

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Author

Botsford, George Willis, 1862-1917

Title

The Roman assemblies from their origin to the end of the Republic

Original Publication

United States: The Macmillan Company,1909.

Credits

Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

JC: Political science: Political theory

Subject

Constitutional law -- Rome

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 68419

Release Date

June 28, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.To MY WIFE
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.THE ROMAN ASSEMBLIES
6. 6.PART I ELEMENTS OF THE COMITIAL CONSTITUTION
7. 7.CHAPTER I THE POPULUS AND ITS EARLIEST POLITICAL DIVISIONS — I. The Populus — II. The Three Primitive Tribes — III. The Curiae
8. 8.CHAPTER II THE SOCIAL COMPOSITION OF THE PRIMITIVE POPULUS — I. The Ancient View — II. The Conventional Modern View — III. The Comparative-Sociological View
9. 9.CHAPTER III THE THIRTY-FIVE TRIBES
10. 10.CHAPTER IV THE CENTURIES AND THE CLASSES — I. The Primitive Graeco-Italic Army and the Origin of the Phalanx — II. The Servian Army — III. The Development of the Five Post-Servian Military Divisions on the Basis of Census Ratings — IV. The Question as to the Connection of the Supernumeraries and the Seniors with the Military Centuries — V. Conclusions as to the Servian and Early Republican Organizations; Transition to the Manipular Legion — VI. The Five Classes and their Ratings — VII. Belot’s Theory as to the Ratings — VIII. The Post-Servian Equites
11. 11.CHAPTER V THE AUSPICES — I. Auspicia Privata — II. Auspicia Publica Impetrativa — III. Auspicia Publica Oblativa
12. 12.PART II THE ASSEMBLIES ORGANIZATION, PROCEDURE, AND FUNCTIONS, RESOLUTIONS, STATUTES, AND CASES
13. 13.CHAPTER VI COMITIA AND CONCILIUM
14. 14.CHAPTER VII THE CONTIO
15. 15.CHAPTER VIII THE CALATA COMITIA
16. 16.CHAPTER IX. THE COMITIA CURIATA
17. 17.CHAPTER X THE ORGANIZATION OF THE COMITIA CENTURIATA — I. In the Early Republic — II. The Reform
18. 18.CHAPTER XI THE FUNCTIONS OF THE COMITIA CENTURIATA — I. Elective — II. Legislative — III. Judicial
19. 19.CHAPTER XII THE COMITIA TRIBUTA AND THE RISE OF POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY To the Year 449
20. 20.CHAPTER XIII THE COMITIA TRIBUTA AND THE RISE OF POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY From 449 to 287 — I. Elective — II. Judicial — III. Legislative
21. 21.CHAPTER XIV THE JUDICIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE COMITIA TRIBUTA From 287 to the End of the Republic — I. Tribunician Jurisdiction — II. Aedilician Jurisdiction — III. Pontifical Jurisdiction
22. 22.CHAPTER XV COMITIAL LEGISLATION From Hortensius to the Gracchi 287-134 — I. An Era of Repose 287-232 — II. The Flaminian Era [2022] 232-201 — III. The Era of the Completed Plutocracy, based on a Recognition of Popular Sovereignty 201-134
23. 23.CHAPTER XVI COMITIAL LEGISLATION From the Gracchi to Sulla 134-82 — I. The Gracchi 134-122 — II. The Aristocratic Reaction and the Popular Recovery 122-103 — III. The Appuleian Legislation and the Rule of the Moderate Optimates 103-88 — IV. The Political Equalization of Italy 88-83
24. 24.CHAPTER XVII COMITIAL LEGISLATION From Sulla to the End of the Republic, 82 to about 30 — I. The Cornelian Reaction 82-70 — II. Democracy in Alliance with Caesarism 70-49 — III. The Decline of the Republican Comitia From 49 to about 30
25. 25.CHAPTER XVIII THE COMPOSITION AND PRESERVATION OF STATUTES, COMITIAL PROCEDURE, AND COMITIAL DAYS — I. The Composition and Preservation of Statutes — II. Comitial Procedure — III. Comitial Days
26. 26.CHAPTER XIX A SUMMARY OF COMITIAL HISTORY
27. 27.BIBLIOGRAPHY
28. 28.FOOTNOTES
29. 29.INDEX

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