Of Mice and Junians: On the Latin Condition

Let us begin by formulating the hypothesis that we aim to argue on the following pages: from the approval of the lex Iunia until the constitutio Antoniniana of AD 212 there was a single status of Latin citizenship in the Roman Empire, with different paths to Roman citizenship. Although the prevailing opinion seeks to establish a clear distinction between Junians and provincial Latins, our intention here is to defend the opposite idea, that is, a single and substantial identity, with the logical differences deriving from the rule of the Junian law on the succession rights of Junians.¹ In so doing,