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Latin Rights
Latin Rights (Latin: ius Latii, Latinitas or ius latinum) was a civic status given by the Romans, intermediate between full Roman citizenship and non-citizen status (known as peregrinus), and extended originally to the people of Latium (the Latini). The most important Latin Rights were commercium, connubium, and ius migrationis.
  • Commercium allowed Latins to own land in any of the Latin cities and to make legally enforceable contracts with their citizens.
  • Connubium permitted them to make a lawful marriage with a resident of any other Latin city.
  • Ius migrationis gave people with Latin status the capacity to acquire citizenship of another Latin state simply by taking up permanent residence there.
People with Latin Rights were protected under Roman law.

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