Habebat ius proferendi pomerii (Gell., Noctes Atticae, XIII, 14). L’evoluzione dello ius prolationis dalle origini a Silla

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Habebat ius proferendi pomerii’ (Gell., Noctes Atticae, XIII, 14). Theevolution of ius prolationis from the origins to Sulla.
At the end of the Republic the Augur M. Valerius Messalla Rufus ‒ ina page of Libri de auspiciis preserved by the II cent. A.D. antiquarianAulus Gellius ‒ wrote that habebat ius proferendi pomerii qui populumRomanum agro de hostibus capto auxerat (N.A. XIII, 14, 3). In this paperI suggest that this ritual phrase dates back to the IV cent. B.C. andprescribes the increasing both of the ager publicus and of the Romanpopulation registered in the census as a condition for the enlargement ofthe pomerium. Sulla tried to present his passed feats as fully dischargingthis condition in order to obtain the ius proferendi pomerii.Keywords: pomerium – ius proferendi pomerii – Messalla Rufus – Libride auspiciis – Aulus Gellius – Noctes Atticae – Silla.
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