people
Latins
the Latin name
also: nomen Latinum
The communities of the Latin name, Rome's privileged Italian allies who furnished auxiliaries; here lobbied to obstruct the Mamilian inquiry.
Reading notes
- The Jugurthine War §39 the Latin name
The Latin allied communities of Italy, who supplied auxiliary troops; invoked here as a source of reinforcements and, in section 40, of lobbying.
- The Jugurthine War §69 citizen of Latin standing
A holder of the Latin right (ius Latii) rather than full Roman citizenship; lacking a citizen's protection against scourging, Turpilius could be flogged and executed.
- The Histories §Lep.2 the allies and the Latins
The Latin and Italian allies; Lepidus protests that Sulla barred from the citizenship communities enfranchised after the Social War for their services.