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Contents

Abbreviations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
One Killing and the King
Pater and Res Publica
Three Killing and the Law 509450 BCE
Four Murder Was Not a Crime 44981 BCE
Five Capital Jurisdiction 44981 BCE
Six License to Kill
Seven Centralization of Power and Sullan Ambiguity
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Copyright

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TitleMurder Was Not a Crime
AuthorJudy E. Gaughan
PublisherUniversity of Texas Press
ISBN0292779925, 9780292779921
  
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