Note 28 — Chapter I · THE EARLIEST CONSTITUTION OF ROME
Reading edition
Gell. v. 13 “Conveniebat ... ex moribus populi Romani primum juxta parentes locum tenere pupillos debere, fidei tutelaeque nostrae creditos; secundum eos proximum locum clientes habere, qui sese itidem in fidem patrociniumque nostrum dediderunt.” The third place was filled by hospites, the fourth by cognati and adfines.