Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Abbreviations ix
4. Preface xv
5. Acknowledgments xvii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. Killing And The King 9
8. 2. Power Of Life And Death: Pater And Res Publica 23
9. 3. Killing And The Law, 509–450 B.C.E. 53
10. 4. Murder Was Not A Crime, 449–81 B.C.E. 67
11. 5. Capital Jurisdiction, 449–81 B.C.E. 90
12. 6. License To Kill 109
13. 7. Centralization Of Power And Sullan Ambiguity 126
14. Epilogue 141
15. Notes 143
16. Bibliography 181
17. Index 191