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. “Under the Principate there is a distinction between Latium maius and Latium minus. The former […]