Public Lands and Agrarian Laws of the Roman Republic eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 106 pages of information about Public Lands and Agrarian Laws of the Roman Republic.

Public Lands and Agrarian Laws of the Roman Republic eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 106 pages of information about Public Lands and Agrarian Laws of the Roman Republic.

[Footnote 18:  Dionys., X, 31, l. 13; Ihne, Hist. of Rome, I, 191, note; Lange, Roem.  Alter., I, 619.  Also see art. in Smith’s Dict. of Antiquities.]

[Footnote 19:  I.e. outside of the ’quadrata’’ but [Greek:  emperiechomenos tae poleis], Dionys., X, 31, l. 18:  “pontificale pomoerium, qui auspicato olim quidem omnem urbem ambiebat praeter Aventinum.”  Paul, ex Fest., p. 248, Muell.]

[Footnote 20:  Dionys., X, 32.]

[Footnote 21:  Dionys., X, 32.]

[Footnote 22:  Momm., I, 355.]

[Footnote 23:  Dionys., X, 34.]

[Footnote 24:  Livy, IV, 12:  Neque ut de agris dividendis plebi referrent consules ad senatum pervincere potuit....  Ludibrioque erant minae tribuni.]

[Footnote 25:  “Agri publici dividendi, coloniaramque deducendarum ostentatae spes, et vectigali possessoribus imposito, in stipendium militum erogandi aeris.”  Livy, IV, 36.]

[Footnote 26:  Livy, loc. cit.]

[Footnote 27:  Livy, IV, 48.]

[Footnote 28:  Livy, IV, 49.]

[Footnote 29:  Livy, IV, 51.]

[Footnote 30:  Livy, VI, 5.]

[Footnote 31:  Quinque viros Pomptino agro dividendo.  Livy, VI, 21.]

(a) Extension of Territory by Conquest up to the Year 367 B.C.

1.  Coreoli, captured in 442. 2.  Bolae, captured in 414. 3.  Labicum, captured in 418. 4.  Fidenae, captured in 426 and all the territory confiscated. 5.  Veii, captured in 396.  This was the chief town of the
   Etruscans, equal to Rome in size, with a large tributary
   country; territory confiscated.

Approximate amount of land added to the Roman domain, 150 square miles.

(b) Colonies Founded between 454 and 367.

CIVIC COLONIES.
-----------+---------+------+------------+---------+--------
---+----------- | | | NO.  OF | NO.  OF | TOTAL NO.| COLONIES. | PLACE | DATE.| COLONISTS. | JUG.  TO | OF JUG. | ACRES. | | | | EACH. | | -----------+---------+------+------------+---------+--------
---+----------- | | | | | | Labici. | Latium. | 418 | 1500 | 2 | 3000 | 1875 | | | | | | -----------+---------+------+------------+---------+--------
---+-----------
LATIN COLONIES.
-----------+---------+------+------------+---------+--------
---+----------- Ardea. | Latium. | 442 | 300 | 2 | 600 | 375 Satricum. | " | 385 | 300 | 2 | 600 | 375 Sutrium. | Etruria.| 383 | 300 | 2 | 600 | 375 Nepete. | " | 383 | 300 | 4 | 1200 | 750 Setia. | Latium. | 382 | 300 | 4 | 1200 | 750 -----------+---------+------+------------+---------+--------
---+----------- | Total | 7200 | 4500 -----------------------------------------+---------+-----------+-----------

SEC. 7.—­LEX LICINIA.

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