"Rome was always making fresh acquisitions of territory in her early history. ... Large tracts of country became Roman land, the property of the Roman state, or public domain (ager publicus), as the Romans called it. The condition of this land, the use to which it was applied, and the disputes which it caused between the two orders at Rome, are among the most curious and perplexing questions in Roman history. ... That part of newly acquired territory which was neither sold nor given remained public property, and it was occupied, according to the Roman term, by private persons, in whose hands it was a Possessio. Hyginus and Siculus Flaccus represent this occupation as being made without any order. Every Roman took what he could, and more than he could use profitably. ... We should be more inclined to believe that this public land was occupied under some regulations, in order to prevent disputes; but if such regulations existed we know nothing about them. There was no survey made of the public land which was from time to time acquired, but there were certainly general boundaries fixed for the purpose of determining what had become public property. The lands which were sold and given were of necessity surveyed and fixed by boundaries. ... There is no direct evidence that any payments to the state were originally made by the Possessors. It is certain, however, that at some early time such payments were made, or, at least, were due to the state." _G. Long, Decline of the Roman Republic, chapter 11._ AGGER. See CASTRA. AGGRAVIADOS, The. See SPAIN: A. D. 1814-1827. AGHA MOHAMMED KHAN, Shah of Persia, A. D. 1795-1797. AGHLABITE DYNASTY. See MAHOMETAN CONQUEST AND EMPIRE: A. D.715-750. AGHRIM, OR AUGHRIM, Battle of (A. D. 1691). See IRELAND: A. D. 1689-1691. AGILULPHUS, King of the Lombards. A. D. 590-616. AGINCOURT, Battle of (1415). See FRANCE: A. D. 1415. AGINNUM.--Modern Agen. See NITIOBRIGES. AGNADEL, Battle of (1509). See VENICE: A. D. 1508-1509. AGNATI.--AGNATIC. See GENS, ROMAN. AGNIERS, The. See AMERICAN ABORIGINES: AGNIERS. AGOGE, The. The public discipline enforced in ancient Sparta; the ordinances attributed to Lycurgus, for the training of the young and for the regulating of the lives of citizens. _G. Schömann, Antiquity of Greece: The State, part 3, chapter 1._ AGORA, The.