LIST OF PHRASES
It has been suggested that the following List of Phrases occurring in the History may be useful. But the definitions are only approximately precise.
Aerarium. The State treasury.
Capite Censi. Roman citizens rated by the head only, as having no property.
Cives Romani. Citizens of Rome, a Roman colony, or a Municipium.
Clientes. Dependents of the Patres. Free, but not Cives Romani.
Comitia Centuriata. The subdivisions (193 or 194 in number) of the six classes into which the Romans were divided, according to property, were called Centuries, and the assembly of them Comitia Centuriata.
Comitia Tributa. The assembly in which the people voted according to the tribes or territorial divisions.
Dominium. Ownership.
Equites. Originally the men rich enough to maintain war-horses; afterwards the rich class corresponding to our city men.