Roman Public Life

Name: Roman Public Life
Author: Greenidge, A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones)

Greenidge, A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones)

Constitutional history -- Rome; Rome -- Politics and government

5. The dyarchy, 377. Legislation; legislative power of the
       _comitia_, 377. Quasi-legislative power of the Senate, 377;
       of the Princeps, 378. Jurisdiction, 381. Division of civil
       jurisdiction, 382. The civil courts of appeal, 382. The appeal
       from the provinces, 385. Criminal jurisdiction, 386. The criminal
       courts of appeal, 390. The power of pardon, 391. The dyarchy in
       administration, 393; in finance, 394; in the control of _cultus_,
       397; in the control of coinage, 397. The extent to which the
       dyarchy was a reality, 397.

              _THE SENATORIAL AND THE EQUESTRIAN NOBILITY_

    6. The senatorial order, 399. The equestrian order, 402.

                   _THE FUNCTIONARIES OF THE PRINCEPS_

    7. The praefects, 406. _Praefectus urbi_, 406. _Praefectus
       praetorio_, 409. _Praefectus annonae_, 411. _Praefectus vigilum_,
       412. The curators, 413. The procurators, 414. Personal assistants;
       the imperial secretariate 418. The imperial _consilium_, 420.

                               CHAPTER XI

              ITALY AND THE PROVINCES UNDER THE PRINCIPATE

                       _THE ORGANISATION OF ITALY_

    1. Division into regions, 422. The downfall of the _comitia_, 423.
       Limitations on local jurisdiction, 423. Institution of _curatores_,
       424; of _correctores_, 424. The _alimentarium_, 425.

                   _THE ORGANISATION OF THE PROVINCES_

    2. General character of the changes introduced by the Principate,
       426. The public and the imperial provinces, 427. Change in the
       condition of the free and allied cities, 428. Methods of conferring
       immunity; the _jus Italicum_, 429. Taxation, 429. Method of
       government in the public provinces, 432; in the imperial provinces,
       434. Procuratorial governorships, 432. Government of the German
       provinces and of Egypt, 435. Romanisation of the provinces, 436.
       Change in the condition of the provincial towns, 437. The _munera_
       of their citizens and of the decurions, 439.

                      _THE WORSHIP OF THE EMPEROR_

    3. Origin and character of Caesar-worship, 440. Its extension, 441.
       Its effects, 442.

                               APPENDIX I

    The two Assemblies of the Tribes, 445

                               APPENDIX II

    A Limitation of the Tribunate in the Reign of Nero, 447

                                  INDEX

                                                                      PAGE

      (i.) of subjects                                                 453

     (ii.) of Latin words                                              457

    (iii.) of passages from ancient authors referred to in the text    467




SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY


1. THE POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS OF ROME

    HERZOG, E.—_Geschichte und System der römischen
    Staatsverfassung._ Leipzig, 1884-91.

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