“Under the Principate there is a distinction between Latium maius and Latium minus. The former referred to the rights granted to colonies founded as a coloniae Latinae outside Italy, combined with the concession of Roman citizenship to a larger group of individuals than Latium minus, in which only the municipal magistrates and members of the municipal council … were rewarded with Roman citizenship.” Adolf Berger, Encyclopedic Dictionary of Roman Law 537–38 (1953).
latium maius
Latium maius (lay-shee-[schwa]m may-j[schwa]s). [Latin] Roman law. The greater rights conferred on the inhabitants of Latium and, later, of colonies outside Italy, giving citizenship to all members of the local curia or town council and their children. Cf. LATIUM MINUS.
