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connected with the imperium, 344. Powers connected with the tribunicia potestas, 346. The Princeps as consul, 347; as censor, 347. Extraordinary rights conferred on the Princeps, 348. Dispensation from laws, 350. The Princeps as head of the state religion, 350.

Titles, Insignia, and Honours of the Princeps

2. Appellatives and titles, 351. Insignia, 355. Other honours, 355. The domus Caesaris, 356. Amici and comites, 357.

Creation, Transmission, and Abrogation of the Principate

3. Election of a Princeps, 358. Designation of a successor, 360. Hereditary succession, 362. Deposition of a Princeps, 362. Recognition of a reign, 363.

The Other Powers in the State—the Magistracy, The Comitia, and the Senate

4. The magistracy, 363. The individual magistrates, 367. The comitia 371. The Senate, 373.

The Chief Departments of the State; the Dual Control of Senate and Princeps

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.