Note 126 — Chapter II · THE SOCIAL COMPOSITION OF THE PRIMITIVE POPULUS
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Gaius 1. 3: “Plebs autem a populo eo distat, quod populi appellatione universi cives significantur connumeratis etiam patriciis; plebis autem appellatione sine patriciis ceteri cives significantur.” Evidently Pomponius held the same view; Dig. i. 2. 2. 1-6; cf. Capito, in Gell. x. 20. 5; Fest. 233. 29; 330. 19; Isid. Etym. ix. 6. 5 f.; Mommsen, Röm. Staatsr. iii. 4, n. 2.