Note 361 — Chapter XIII · - THE INSTITUTION OF ROMAN POLITICAL SOCIETY.

“That the clients were total strangers to the plebeian commonalty and did not coalesce with it until late, when the bond of servitude had been loosened, partly from the houses of their patrons dying off or sinking into decay, partly from the advance of the whole nation toward freedom, will be proved in the sequel of this history.”—History of Rome, i, 315.