_Praefectura_. A Roman colony, or Municipium, in which a Roman Praefectus administered justice.
_Proletarii_. Roman citizens rated at less than 1,500 asses.
_Publicani_. Farmers of the revenue.
_Rostra_. A name given to the stage in the Forum where speakers addressed the people. So called because ornamented with beaks of ships captured from the enemy.
_Scriptura_. A tax paid to the State on cattle grazing on public land.
_Socii_. Free inhabitants of Italy. See p. 16.
_Vectigal_. 1. A tax of 1/10th of the year's crops. 2. The revenue produced by the Scriptura.