The Storm Before the Storm

secret ballots, ix, x, 22, 42, 53, 79, 86–87

veto power with, 29–30, 96

violence with, 35–37, 154

wage labor

lack of, 20–21

plebs urbana and, 43

War Against the Allies, 172

See also Social War

“the way of the elders.” See mos maiorum

wealth

citizens and, 52, 59

conquered, 6, 19, 41–42, 51

disparity, 20, 24

displays of, 19

of Equestrian class, 261

poverty and, 20, 21, 43, 114

Sallust on, 203

weapons

contracts, 50

of enemy, 130

innovations, 135–136

laws, 35

veto as, 29

Zama, 5