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senatus consultum and senatus auctoritas, 272. Powers of the Senate; its probouleutic authority, 273. Suspension of magistrates, 275. Quasi-legislative power, 275. Power of exempting from laws, 276. Revising power, 276. Influence on jurisdiction, 277. Appointment of special commissions, 278. Declaration of martial law, 279. Police control, 282. Control of foreign policy, 282. Control of finance, 286. Control of religion, 287.

Difference between the Greek and Italian conceptions of international law, 289. International customs of Rome, 290. International relations with foreign states, 292. The jus gentium, 294. The federation of Latium, 295. Extension of the league and change in its character, 296. The organisation of Italy; cives and socii, 299. Proposals to extend the franchise, 310. Settlement after the social war, 312. Incorporation of Cisalpine Gaul, 314.

Origin of provincial government, 316. The conception of a provincia, 317. Free and allied cities, 317. Stipendiariae civitates; the lex provinciae, 318. Taxation, 319. The governor and his staff, 322. The spheres of administration, 324. Jurisdiction, 325. The provincial edict, 326. General estimate of provincial government, 328.

Objects of the party of reform, 331. Elements in the party of reform, 332. The balance of parties; the equites, 333. The issue of the struggle, 334. The sole rule of Caesar, 336. The Triumvirate and the establishment of the Principate, 338.

1. The chief bases of the Princeps' authority; the proconsulare imperium