Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-473).
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Rome and early Latium -- The settlement of 338 B.C. and the origins of the municeps -- Origins and development of the later Latinity -- The position of the Italian socii in the Roman system -- The aims of the allies in the social war -- The political unification of Italy and consequent changes -- Populi liberi and foederati -- The Italian period -- The Claudian problem and viritane grants -- The flood tide -- Characteristics of the Roman citizenship in th age of the Antonines -- The union of East and West under the severi -- Externs: dual citizenship and the enfranchisement of individuals -- The direct enfranchisement of provincial communes -- Latin rights and municipal status -- The constitutio antoniniana: dediticii and rustici -- The winning of allegiance -- The attitude of educated opinion -- The consolidation of loyalty in the late empire -- The retrospective panegyrists.