1. The municipalities, a somewhat neglected side of their inner history; 2. Rostovzeff's promised treatise; 3. The theory of Heisterbergk; 4. Hindrances to reform; 5. Summary of the main conclusions, political and economic; 6. Moral considerations; 7. Romanization; 8. A word of apology; Appendix. Some inscriptions bearing on rustic life.