Note 142 — Chapter II · THE ORIGIN OF THE FLORENTINE COMMUNE.82

In Italian communes habitatores, and even assidui habitatores, are clearly distinguished both from cives and foreigners. Florentine documents often mention cives salvatichi, a term that indicates, I believe, the quasi citizenship of persons living in the country, but bound to dwell in the city during part of the year. These greatly increased in number later on, and in course of time became real and entire citizens, in accordance with certain rules not yet fully known to us.