Asc. in Pis. 3 Clark: sulle cosiddette 'colonie latine fittizie' transpadane

Asconius, in Pis. 3 Clark, is the only witness of the institution of latin colonies in Transpadana (indeed to be extended also to main urban settlements of Cispadana not yet organized in the forms of Roman towns), in different shapes from the previous ones settled, and of the attribution of ius Latii to the concerned inhabitants, by Pompeus Strabo around 89 b.C. Which were those differences is disputed. Overlooked theories of the Authors about it, the way in which this new type of colonies was settled is investigated, as well as if the attribution of ius Latii should be referred just to the inhabitants of these towns or to all Cisalpini - point related to the content of ius Latii starting from 89 b.C. - and in the end if magistrates of those colonies could achieve Roman citizenship, and eventually in which way.