Latini ex lege Aelia Sentia

The author examines some particularly controversial and discussed sources (especially Tit. Ulp. 1.12 and Gai. 1.41). They appear to be a clear evidence in favor of a latinitas based on the regulations of the lex Aelia Sentia. This latinitas was acquired by a manumissio testamento (for the slave less than thirty years of age) and by a manumissio inter amicos adprobata causa apud consilium (when performed by a dominus less than twenty years of age). Those acquiring the status of latini by these ways could become Roman citizens thanks to the ius adipiscendae civitatis introduced by the lex Aelia Sentia.